Biophysical control of microfibril orientation in plant cell walls

Within the extreme diversity of aquatic and terrestrial plant genera, each has characteristic cell wall forms. A number of hypotheses have been advanced to explain differences in microfibril arrangements across anyone such wall. Of those, only the ''multinet'' theory, which involves the postulation of reorientation of microfibrils caused by cell extension, now has a substantial number of ad­ heren...