On the mechanism of trap closure of Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis)

Planta ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 179 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Hodick ◽  
Andreas Sievers
Keyword(s):  
Venus Flytrap ◽  
Dionaea Muscipula

scholarly journals Action potentials induce biomagnetic fields in carnivorous Venus flytrap plants

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Fabricant ◽  
Geoffrey Z. Iwata ◽  
Sönke Scherzer ◽  
Lykourgos Bougas ◽  
Katharina Rolfs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Activity ◽  
Action Potentials ◽  
Plant Stress ◽  
Optically Pumped ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Noninvasive Diagnostics ◽  
Venus Flytrap ◽  
Dionaea Muscipula ◽  
Cell Arrays ◽  
Electrical Signaling

AbstractUpon stimulation, plants elicit electrical signals that can travel within a cellular network analogous to the animal nervous system. It is well-known that in the human brain, voltage changes in certain regions result from concerted electrical activity which, in the form of action potentials (APs), travels within nerve-cell arrays. Electro- and magnetophysiological techniques like electroencephalography, magnetoencephalography, and magnetic resonance imaging are used to record this activity and to diagnose disorders. Here we demonstrate that APs in a multicellular plant system produce measurable magnetic fields. Using atomic optically pumped magnetometers, biomagnetism associated with electrical activity in the carnivorous Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, was recorded. Action potentials were induced by heat stimulation and detected both electrically and magnetically. Furthermore, the thermal properties of ion channels underlying the AP were studied. Beyond proof of principle, our findings pave the way to understanding the molecular basis of biomagnetism in living plants. In the future, magnetometry may be used to study long-distance electrical signaling in a variety of plant species, and to develop noninvasive diagnostics of plant stress and disease.

Action Potential and Contraction of Dionaea muscipula (Venus Flytrap)

Science ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 133 (3456) ◽  
pp. 878-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Di Palma ◽  
R. Mohl ◽  
W. Best
Keyword(s):  
Action Potential ◽  
Venus Flytrap ◽  
Dionaea Muscipula

Dynamics of amino acid redistribution in the carnivorous Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula ) after digestion of 13 C/15 N-labelled prey

Plant Biology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 886-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kruse ◽  
P. Gao ◽  
M. Eibelmeier ◽  
S. Alfarraj ◽  
H. Rennenberg
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Venus Flytrap ◽  
Dionaea Muscipula

scholarly journals How the carnivorous waterwheel plant ( Aldrovanda vesiculosa ) snaps

2018 ◽  
Vol 285 (1878) ◽  
pp. 20180012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna S. Westermeier ◽  
Renate Sachse ◽  
Simon Poppinga ◽  
Philipp Vögele ◽  
Lubomir Adamec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Compliant Mechanisms ◽  
Venus Flytrap ◽  
Dionaea Muscipula ◽  
Mechanical Modelling ◽  
Biomimetic Approach ◽  
Fast Motion

The fast motion of the snap-traps of the terrestrial Venus flytrap ( Dionaea muscipula ) have been intensively studied, in contrast to the tenfold faster underwater snap-traps of its phylogenetic sister, the waterwheel plant ( Aldrovanda vesiculosa ). Based on biomechanical and functional–morphological analyses and on a reverse biomimetic approach via mechanical modelling and computer simulations, we identify a combination of hydraulic turgor change and the release of prestress stored in the trap as essential for actuation. Our study is the first to identify and analyse in detail the motion principle of Aldrovanda , which not only leads to a deepened understanding of fast plant movements in general, but also contributes to the question of how snap-traps may have evolved and also allows for the development of novel biomimetic compliant mechanisms.

scholarly journals Abundance of Cysteine Endopeptidase Dionain in Digestive Fluid of Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis) Is Regulated by Different Stimuli from Prey through Jasmonates

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. e104424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Libiaková ◽  
Kristýna Floková ◽  
Ondřej Novák ◽  
L'udmila Slováková ◽  
Andrej Pavlovič
Keyword(s):  
Cysteine Endopeptidase ◽  
Venus Flytrap ◽  
Dionaea Muscipula ◽  
Digestive Fluid

scholarly journals Comparative kinematical analyses of Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) snap traps

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 664-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Poppinga ◽  
Tim Kampowski ◽  
Amélie Metzger ◽  
Olga Speck ◽  
Thomas Speck
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Carnivorous Plants ◽  
Venus Flytrap ◽  
Dionaea Muscipula ◽  
Elastic Instabilities

Although the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) can be considered as one of the most extensively investigated carnivorous plants, knowledge is still scarce about diversity of the snap-trap motion, the functionality of snap traps under varying environmental conditions, and their opening motion. By conducting simple snap-trap closure experiments in air and under water, we present striking evidence that adult Dionaea snaps similarly fast in aerial and submersed states and, hence, is potentially able to gain nutrients from fast aquatic prey during seasonal inundation. We reveal three snapping modes of adult traps, all incorporating snap buckling, and show that millimeter-sized, much slower seedling traps do not yet incorporate such elastic instabilities. Moreover, opening kinematics of young and adult Dionaea snap traps reveal that reverse snap buckling is not performed, corroborating the assumption that growth takes place on certain trap lobe regions. Our findings are discussed in an evolutionary, biomechanical, functional–morphological and biomimetic context.

Plastids of the Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

Nature ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 219 (5159) ◽  
pp. 1183-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. SCALA ◽  
D. W. SCHWAB ◽  
E. SIMMONS
Keyword(s):  
Venus Flytrap ◽  
Dionaea Muscipula
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