Plant chemicals are more important in carnivory than previously thought
Plant carnivory, at the metabolic level, likely evolved from at least two distinct functions–attraction and defence.
Tag: Carnivorous plant
3D aquatic plant carnivory by the waterwheel plant and deformed snap-traps
The research contributes to the understanding of a complex, fast and reversible underwater plant movement
Anaesthetic blocks trap closure and wounding response in Venus Flytraps
Diethyl ether renders flytraps unable to close their traps or respond to wounding using a mechanism with parallels in animals.
Read all about it: Plants that get their own back on animals
Floral micromorphology of bird-pollinated carnivorous Utricularia
Pitcher plants eat their spider competitors
Some spiders go after the same prey that pitcher plants want. What happens when the two compete?
Plants are weird – and rather wonderful too!
This plant sucks! (But how?)
The bladderwort has a trap faster than the blink of an eye. It uses powerful suction to snatch its prey but how can a plant can suck so much?
Prey-induced responses in carnivorous Nepenthes
The cost–benefit model for botanical carnivory
This study concludes that traps have lower rates of photosynthesis than leaves, and that leaves have higher rates of photosynthesis after feeding.
Root exudates and intraspecific variability in allelopathy
Results indicate the potential for metabolic profiling as a tool for examining plant–plant interactions.
Fluid properties influence diet in Nepenthes pitcher plants
Fluid from pitchers of four Nepenthes species is studied to determine retention capacity and time-to-kill for different species of ants and flies.
Evolution of genome size and chromosome numbers in Genlisea
Measurements of nuclear genome sizes from cultivated plant material for a comprehensive taxon sampling that includes nearly half of all species in Genlisea.
