Nutrition of carnivorous plants has rarely been studied in dry-soil species with long, deep roots, with the focus hitherto on shallow-rooted genera from boggy soils. Paniw et al. assess the role of leaf (via fly...
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Prey-induced responses in carnivorous Nepenthes
Carnivorous plants of the genus Nepenthes catch and digest prey, mainly arthropods, in their pitcher traps in order to obtain additional nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphate. The digestive character of the pitcher...
