Smooth or with a Snap! Biomechanics of Trap Reopening in the Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
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DOI: 10.1002/advs.202201362
Abstract: Fast snapping in the carnivorous Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) involves trap lobe bending and abrupt curvature inversion (snap‐buckling), but how do these traps reopen? Here, the trap reopening mechanics in two different D. muscipula clones,… read more here.
Keywords: dionaea muscipula; venus flytrap; flytrap dionaea; trap reopening ... See more keywords
Transformed tissue of Dionaea muscipula J. Ellis as a source of biologically active phenolic compounds with bactericidal properties
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DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11101-8
Abstract: Abstract The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula J. Ellis) is a carnivorous plant able to synthesize large amounts of phenolic compounds, such as phenylpropanoids, flavonoids, phenolic acids, and 1,4-naphtoquinones. In this study, the first genetic transformation… read more here.
Keywords: muscipula; dionaea muscipula; bactericidal properties; transformation ... See more keywords
Shapeshifting in the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula): Morphological and biomechanical adaptations and the potential costs of a failed hunting cycle
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.970320
Abstract: The evolutionary roots of carnivory in the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) stem from a defense response to plant injury caused by, e.g., herbivores. Dionaea muscipula aka. Darwin’s most wonderful plant underwent extensive modification of leaves… read more here.
Keywords: muscipula; trap; dionaea muscipula; venus flytrap ... See more keywords