Symmetry-Breaking in Plant Stems
The purpose of this paper is to present a model of a phenomenon of plant stem morphogenesis observed by Cesar Gomez-Campo in 1970. We consider a simplified model of auxin dynamics in plant stems, showing that, after creation of the original primordium, it can represent random, distichous and spiral phyllotaxis (leaf arrangement) just by varying one parameter, the rate of diffusion. The same analysis extends to the $n$-jugate case where $n$ primordia are initiated at each plastochrone. Having validated the model, we consider how it can give rise to the Gomez-Campo phenomenon, showing how a stem with spiral phyllotaxis can produce branches of the same or opposite chirality. And finally, how the relationship can change from discordant to concordant over the course of a growing season.
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