Slippery surfaces of carnivorous plants: composition of epicuticular wax crystals in Nepenthes alata Blanco pitchers

2003/11/01 by Michael Riedel, Anna Eichner, Reinhard Jetter · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant Parasitism and Resistance #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies

paper · doi:10.1007/s00425-003-1075-7

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Citations

• Degradation of a peptide in pitcher fluid of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata Blanco
• Function of epidermal surfaces in the trapping efficiency of Nepenthes alata pitchers
• Aspartic proteinases are expressed in pitchers of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata Blanco
• The nitrogen supply from soils and insects during growth of the pitcher plants Nepenthes mirabilis , Cephalotus follicularis and Darlingtonia californica
• Pathways for Nutrient Transport in the Pitchers of the Carnivorous Plant Nepenthes alata

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• Slippery surfaces of pitcher plants: Nepenthes wax crystals minimize insect attachment via microscopic surface roughness
• Distribution of naphthoquinones, plumbagin, droserone, and 5-O-methyl droserone in chitin-induced and uninduced Nepenthes khasiana: molecular events in prey capture
• Capture mechanism in Palaeotropical pitcher plants (Nepenthaceae) is constrained by climate
• Nepenthes alata [wikipedia]