Spatially resolved detection of small molecules from press‐dried plant tissue using MALDI imaging by Zane G. Long, Jonathan V. Le, Benjamin B. Katz, Belen G. Lopez, Emily D. Tenenbaum, Bonnie Semmling, Ryan J. Schmidt, Felix Grün, Carter T. Butts, Rachel W. Martin

“…Results Using this procedure, we imaged tissue from three different plant species (two flowers and one carnivorous plant leaf). Material factorization analysis of the resulting data reveals a wide range of plant‐specific small molecules with varying degrees of localization to specific portions of the tissue samples, while facilitating detection and removal of signal from background sources. …”
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Field-Grown and In Vitro Propagated Round-Leaved Sundew (<i>Drosera rotundifolia</i> L.) Show Differences in Metabolic Profiles and Biological Activities by Jenni Tienaho, Dhanik Reshamwala, Maarit Karonen, Niko Silvan, Leila Korpela, Varpu Marjomäki, Tytti Sarjala

“…<i>Drosera rotundifolia</i> L. is a carnivorous plant used in traditional medicine for its therapeutic properties. …”
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Abundance of cysteine endopeptidase dionain in digestive fluid of Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis) is regulated by different stimuli from prey through jasmonates. by Michaela Libiaková, Kristýna Floková, Ondřej Novák, L'udmila Slováková, Andrej Pavlovič

“…The trap of the carnivorous plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) catches prey by very rapid closure of its modified leaves. …”
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Comparative genomic analysis of Genlisea (corkscrew plants-Lentibulariaceae) chloroplast genomes reveals an increasing loss of the ndh genes. by Saura R Silva, Todd P Michael, Elliott J Meer, Daniel G Pinheiro, Alessandro M Varani, Vitor F O Miranda

“…In the carnivorous plant family Lentibulariaceae, all three genome compartments (nuclear, chloroplast, and mitochondria) have some of the highest rates of nucleotide substitutions across angiosperms. …”
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In situ enzyme activity in the dissolved and particulate fraction of the fluid from four pitcher plant species of the genus Nepenthes. by Yayoi Takeuchi, Michaela M Salcher, Masayuki Ushio, Rie Shimizu-Inatsugi, Masaki J Kobayashi, Bibian Diway, Christian von Mering, Jakob Pernthaler, Kentaro K Shimizu

“…The genus Nepenthes, a carnivorous plant, has a pitcher to trap insects and digest them in the contained fluid to gain nutrient. …”
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The effect of surface anisotropy in the slippery zone of Nepenthes alata pitchers on beetle attachment by Elena V. Gorb, Stanislav N. Gorb

“…The slippery zone in pitchers of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata bears scattered prominent lunate cells and displays continuous epicuticular crystalline wax coverage. …”
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Impact of the Alien Aquatic Plant <i>Ludwigia hexapetala</i> on the Native <i>Utricularia australis</i>: Evidence from an Indoor Experiment by Emanuele Pelella, Beatrice Questino, Simona Ceschin

“…<i>Ludwigia</i> effects on the native carnivorous plant <i>Utricularia australis</i> were investigated here. …”
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Study on the Heat Reduction Effect of Biomimetic Unidirectional Transporting Channels Inspired by <i>Nepenthes alata</i> by Yixuan Zhang, Deyuan Zhang, Dongyue Wang, Xiangyu Zhang

“…A previous study on the carnivorous plant, <i>Nepenthes alata</i>, indicates that the water can be transported continuously and directionally on the surface of the rim of the pitcher because of its multi-scale structures. …”
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A novel type of nutritional ant-plant interaction: ant partners of carnivorous pitcher plants prevent nutrient export by dipteran pitcher infauna. by Mathias Scharmann, Daniel G Thornham, T Ulmar Grafe, Walter Federle

“…Here we describe a novel type of insect-plant interaction where a carnivorous plant uses such an indirect defence to prevent nutrient loss to kleptoparasites. …”
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Accounting for uncertainty in dormant life stages in stochastic demographic models by Paniw, m, Quintana-Ascencio, PF, Ojeda, F, Salguero-Gómez, R

“…We built integral projection models (IPMs) for a fire-adapted, carnivorous plant species using a Bayesian framework to estimate uncertainty in parameters of three vital rates of dormant seeds – seed-bank ingression, stasis and egression. …”

Metatranscriptome analysis reveals host-microbiome interactions in traps of carnivorous Genlisea species by Hieu X. Cao, Thomas eSchmutzer, Uwe eScholz, Ales ePecinka, Ingo eSchubert, Ingo eSchubert, Giang Thi Ha Vu

“…In the carnivorous plant genus Genlisea a unique lobster pot trapping mechanism supplements nutrition in nutrient-poor habitats. …”
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Pandemics and Traditional Plant-Based Remedies. A Historical-Botanical Review in the Era of COVID19 by Sònia Garcia

“…I will revisit the Middle Ages black death, in which a plant-based lotion (the four thieves vinegar) showed some effectiveness; the smallpox, a viral disease that lead to the discovery of vaccination but for which the native Americans had a plant ally, an interesting carnivorous plant species; tuberculosis and the use of garlic; the Spanish flu and the widespread recommendation of eating onions, among other plant-based treatments; and malaria, whose first effective treatment, quinine, came from the bark of a Peruvian tree, properties already known by the Quechua people. …”
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Elicitation-Based Method for Increasing the Production of Antioxidant and Bactericidal Phenolic Compounds in <i>Dionaea muscipula</i> J. Ellis Tissue by Wojciech Makowski, Krzysztof Michał Tokarz, Barbara Tokarz, Rafał Banasiuk, Karolina Witek, Aleksandra Królicka

“…The carnivorous plant <i>Dionaea muscipula</i> J. Ellis (Venus flytrap) is a widely known medical herb, capable of producing various phenolic compounds known for their strong antioxidant and antibacterial properties. …”
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Atypical DNA methylation, sRNA-size distribution, and female gametogenesis in Utricularia gibba by Sergio Alan Cervantes-Pérez, Lenin Yong-Villalobos, Nathalia M. V. Florez-Zapata, Araceli Oropeza-Aburto, Félix Rico-Reséndiz, Itzel Amasende-Morales, Tianying Lan, Octavio Martínez, Jean Philippe Vielle-Calzada, Victor A. Albert, Luis Herrera-Estrella

“…Because of the small length of intergenic regions in the compact genome of the carnivorous plant Utricularia gibba, we investigated its repertoire of noncoding RNA and DNA methylation landscape. …”
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Atypical DNA methylation, sRNA-size distribution, and female gametogenesis in Utricularia gibba by Cervantes-Pérez, Sergio Alan, Yong-Villalobos, Lenin, Florez-Zapata, Nathalia M. V., Oropeza-Aburto, Araceli, Rico-Reséndiz, Félix, Amasende-Morales, Itzel, Lan, Tianying, Martínez, Octavio, Vielle-Calzada, Jean Philippe, Albert, Victor A., Herrera-Estrella, Luis

“…Because of the small length of intergenic regions in the compact genome of the carnivorous plant Utricularia gibba, we investigated its repertoire of noncoding RNA and DNA methylation landscape. …”
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<i>Nepenthes mirabilis</i> Fractionated Pitcher Fluid Use for Mixed Agro-Waste Pretreatment: Advocacy for Non-Chemical Use in Biorefineries by Justine O. Angadam, Mahomet Njoya, Seteno K. O. Ntwampe, Boredi S. Chidi, Jun-Wei Lim, Vincent I. Okudoh, Peter L. Hewitt

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