Fig. 1

Adaptation of Brachypodium plants to wind-induced mechanical stimulation. Three-week-old plants grown in soil were either exposed to a constant unidirectional wind flow or grown under control conditions (no wind) for 10 days and then subjected to wind treatments (wind-acclimated or nonacclimated, respectively). a Lodging phenotypes in response to wind stimulation were analyzed by measuring the angles of lodged tillers relative to the soil surface (θ). b Wind-treated plants were photographed, and the largest angles were measured. Box plots show the range of the angles of lodged tillers (n > 20). Different letters represent a significant difference (P < 0.01) determined by the Tukey’s honestly significant difference (HSD) test