title: General proof of the validity of a new tensor equation of plant growth.
abstract: Plant cell/organ growth may be partly described by a local tensor equation. We provide a mathematical proof that the Lockhart (global) equation is the diagonal component of this tensor equation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, ul. Jagiellońska 28, PL-40032 Katowice, Poland. mariusz.pietruszka@us.edu.pl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pietruszka
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D008954:Models, Biological; D063245:Plant Development; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018523:Tropism / Q000502:physiology