Cells, Genes & Molecules 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. Erin ZimmermanJanuary 28, 2020
FeaturedPlant Cuttings Non-insect-eating insectivorous plant Probably the one thing one could guess about an insectivorous plant is that it ‘eats’ insects. Take for example one of the most iconic entomophagous botanics of them all, the Venus fly-trap (Dionaea muscipula). The... Nigel ChaffeyMay 29, 2018