Carnivorous Utricularia: The buckling scenario
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Carnivorous Utricularia: the buckling scenario.
We review recent results about the functioning of aquatic carnivorous traps from the genus Utricularia. The use of high speed cameras has helped to elucidate the mechanism at the origin of the ultra fast capture process of Utricularia, at a millisecond time scale. As water is pumped out of the trap, pressure decreases inside the trap and elastic energy is stored due to the change of shape of th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Plant Signaling & Behavior
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1559-2324
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.11.17804