Mechanosensitivity below Ground: Touch-Sensitive Smell-Producing Roots in the Shy Plant Mimosa pudica

Mechanosensitivity Below Ground: Touch-Sensitive Smell-

A Mechanism Underlying the Electrical Polarity Detection of Sensitive Plant, Mimosa Pudica

Natural indicators of the electrical polarity of a direct current (DC) source is limited to semiconductor based diodes and transistors. Recently a novel bio-natural indicator of the polarity of a DC source have been reported. Mimosa Pudica or sensitive plant is found to be a natural detector of a DC source polarity, however the mechanism underlying this phenomenon is not known. This paper aims ...

Development of an Agrobacterium-Mediated Stable Transformation Method for the Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica

The sensitive plant Mimosa pudica has long attracted the interest of researchers due to its spectacular leaf movements in response to touch or other external stimuli. Although various aspects of this seismonastic movement have been elucidated by histological, physiological, biochemical, and behavioral approaches, the lack of reverse genetic tools has hampered the investigation of molecular mech...

Sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) hiding time depends on individual and state

The decisions animals make to adjust their antipredator behavior to rapidly changing conditions have been well studied. Inducible defenses in plants are an antipredator behavior that acts on a longer time scale, but sensitive plants, Mimosa pudica, have a much more rapid antipredator response; they temporarily close their leaves when touched. The time they remain closed is defined as hiding tim...

A Review on Ethnomedical and Traditional Uses of Mimosa Pudica (chui-mui)

Mimosa pudica (from Latin: Pudica”shy, shrinking” also called sensitive plant and touch me not), is a creeping annual and perennial herb.The species is native to South America and Central America. Mimosa belongs to the taxonomic group Magnoliopsida and family Mimosaseae. It has been described as”sparshaat sankochataam yaati punashcha prasruta bhavet”a plant which folds itself when touched and s...