Diffusion Science radio: Venus Flytrap Science

Venus Flytrap Science


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Venus flytraps can count,
Venus flytraps have a biomagnetic field,
How Venus flytraps remember and sense time,
How Venus flytraps snap shut,
How Venus flytraps sense insects.
Presented and produced by Ian Woolf

Venus flytrap in a pot

Calcium dynamics during trap closure visualized in transgenic Venus flytrap
How Venus flytraps store short-term ‘memories’ of prey

Snapping mechanics of the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
Investigating the Venus Flytrap's Speedy Snap

Stretch-activated ion channels identified in the touch-sensitive structures of carnivorous Droseraceae plants
NEW PROTEIN HELPS CARNIVOROUS PLANTS SENSE AND TRAP THEIR PREY

Australasian Carnivorous Plant Society


March 29, 2021
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