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Structural adaptations of involucral bracts of Helichrysum bracteatum to hygroscopic movements

2012/07/N/NZ3/00342

Keywords:

xerochasy hygrochasy cell wall scarious involucral bracts Helichrysum bracteatum

Descriptors:

  • NZ3_1: Cell biology
  • NZ1_3: Biophysics

Panel:

NZ3 - Cellular and developmental biology: cell biology, developmental biology, ageing biology, neurobiology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

woj. śląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

Aleksandra Rypień 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: PRELUDIUM 4 - announced on 2012-09-15

Amount awarded: 99 360 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2013-07-29

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2015-07-28

Project duration:: 24 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Kamera cyfrowa wraz z oprogramowaniem przeznaczona do uzupełnienia wyposażenia posiadanego mikroskopu stereoskopowego Nikon SMZ 800. (24 999 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (1)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  1. Gradient of structural traits drives hygroscopic movements of scarious bracts surrounding Helichrysum bracteatum capitulum
    Authors:
    Dorota Borowska-Wykręt, Aleksandra Rypień, Mateusz Dulski, Michał Grelowski,Roman Wrzalik, Dorota Kwiatkowska
    Academic press:
    Annals of Botany (rok: 2017, tom: 119 (8), strony: 1365-1383), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/aob/mcx015 - link to the publication
  1. Mechanical cell wall deformation during hygroscopic movements of Helichrysumbracteatum involucral bracts
    Authors:
    Aleksandra Rypień
    Conference:
    SEB Annual Main Meeting Prague 2015 (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: Society for Experimental Biology
    Data:
    konferencja 30.06-03.07.2015
    Status:
    Published