Regulator or Driving Force? The Role of Turgor Pressure in Oscillatory Plant Cell Growth
Figure 3
Change in the average growth rate and oscillation period for different turgor values.
(A) Variation of average tube growth rate with changing turgor pressure (Co = 0.3 µM, thick line; Co = 12 µM, thin line). (B) Variation of oscillation period with changing turgor pressure (graph shows simulations for Co = 12 µM; periods for Co = 0.3 µM are not shown since they are below 10 s). (C) Maximal growth rate as a function of the critical growth rate at which the calcium channels open.