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Chasing Sunlight: Cucumber Tendrils in Action

S. Gerbode et al.
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Like other climbing vines, cucumber plants make use of tendrils that tether them to a surface and form helical coils, pulling them up towards sunlight. Coiling is a complex mechanical process, modeled in this video.

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