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Tag: plant movement

Growth & Development

Creosote branches dance, even after death

Scientists watching the daily movement of branches in the creosote plant have found that even dead branches move to respond to changes in the air.

by Alun SaltAugust 26, 2021August 26, 2021
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Growth & Development

The teardrop explodes, and spreads Orixa japonica

Video captures how an Asian plant catapults its seeds away from the parent.

by Alun SaltMay 12, 2021May 12, 2021
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Growth & Development

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

by Juniper KissAugust 12, 2020August 12, 2020
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The trap of a Venus fly trap, showing trigger hairs.
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.

by Erin ZimmermanJanuary 28, 2020January 28, 2020
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AoB PLANTS

Spore liberation in mosses

by AoBPLANTSApril 4, 2018April 4, 2018
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Sunflowers
Articles

4 Reasons Sunflowers Face The Sun

There’s been advances in knowing how sunflowers track the sun, but botanists are still arguing over why. And, to make things confusing, they could all be right.

by Alun SaltNovember 24, 2016November 24, 2016
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Sunflower
Annals of Botany

Movements of sunflower and shade avoidance (Viewpoint)

The shade avoidance response, which may optimize CO2-assimilation, appears to be the ‘driving force’ behind these conspicuous plant movements.

by botanyoneJanuary 11, 2016September 11, 2017
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