ERI: A Systematic Engineering Approach to Understanding How Mechanical Stimuli Shape Plant — NSF Award to Fairleigh Dickinson Univ
This Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) award supports a research and education program addressing stalk lodging, which currently reduces global agricultural yields by 5 to 20 percent annually. While animal bones adapt to physical stress through well-understood rules of remodeling, the equivalent process in plants,
| Award title | ERI: A Systematic Engineering Approach to Understanding How Mechanical Stimuli Shape Plant |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2552632 |
| Awardee | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| City | TEANECK |
| State | NJ |
| Amount obligated | $199,844 |
| Principal investigator | Christopher Stubbs |
| Program | BMMB-Biomech & Mechanobiology |
| Start date | 06/01/2026 |
| Abstract | This Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) award supports a research and education program addressing stalk lodging, which currently reduces global agricultural yields by 5 to 20 percent annually. While animal bones adapt to physical stress through well-understood rules of remodeling, the equivalent process in plants, known as thigmomorphogenesis, remains a significant scientific blind spot. This research leverages five decades of bone adaptation literature to systematically investigate whether |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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