About the Authors

Simon Poppinga

simon.poppinga@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

Affiliation Plant Biomechanics Group, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Siegfried Richard Heinrich Hartmeyer

Affiliation Weil am Rhein, Germany

Robin Seidel

Affiliation Plant Biomechanics Group, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Tom Masselter

Affiliation Plant Biomechanics Group, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Irmgard Hartmeyer

Affiliation Weil am Rhein, Germany

Thomas Speck

Affiliation Plant Biomechanics Group, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP. Performed the experiments: SP SRHH. Analyzed the data: SP SRHH RS TM IH TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS. Wrote the paper: SP.