Blue Fluorescent Emission, Capture Spots, Carnivorous Plants, Dionaea, Dr Sabulal Baby, Drosera, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, JNTBGRI, Nepenthes, The Plant Biology
Blue Fluorescent Emissions from Carnivorous Plant Attracts Prey: Indian Scientists
Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Pacha-Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India have reported a new prey capture mechanism in some species of carnivorous plants. They found the existence of distinct blue fluorescence emissions at the ‘capture spots’ of Nepenthes, Sarracenia, Drosera, Pinguicula, Dionaea muscipula and Utricularia stellaris at UV 366 nm. When…
