title: Plant biomechanics: an overview and prospectus.
abstract: We provide a brief overview of the articles appearing in this special issue and place them in the context of the long history of the study of plant biomechanics and what we judge to be the next major intellectual and/or technological challenges in this field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 USA;
authors.forename: Karl J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Niklas
authors.forename: Hanns-Christof
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Spatz
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vincent