A semi-detritivorous pitcher plant, Nepenthes ampullaria diverges in its regulation of pitcher fluid properties

Tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes) are carnivorous plants that trap and digest prey using highly modified fluid-filled leaves known as pitchers. Prey are digested by plant-secreted enzymes and pitcher symbionts. Pitchers exert control over abiotic properties of the digestive fluid such as pH levels...

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Main Authors: Kadeem J. Gilbert, Thibaut Goldsborough, Weng Ngai Lam, Felicia Leong, Naomi E. Pierce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Plant Interactions
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17429145.2022.2123567