Abstract
The ability to apply controllable mechanical compressive force is essential for the study of plant cells responses to environmental stimulations. The work presented here aims towards establishing a system, which consists of a fabricated apparatus (including a loading unit, displacement sensor, data collector and processor, and a feedback control) and a protocol for test specimen preparation and force loading. By using a force-feedback control circuit coupled to a microchip, delivering the pre-defined and actual controlled stimulus is achieved. To calibrate the apparatus, the corresponding voltages are compared to the known weights. A linear regression is fit to the experimental data and a standardized coefficient of 0.998 is calculated. The morphological changes in response to mechanical stresses were investigated in agarose gel embedded chrysanthemum protoplasts, which tended to be elongated with a preferential axis oriented perpendicularly to the compressive stress direction. The results also indicated that there existed a certain dose-dependent relationship between the intensity of compressive force and the stress-induced responses. Additionally, the elongation response with preferential orientation was inhibited by applicat...Continue Reading
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