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The Venus flytrap attracts insects by the release of volatile organic compounds

Does Dionaea muscipula, the Venus flytrap, use a particular mechanism to attract animal prey? This question was raised by Charles Darwin 140 years ago, but it remains unanswered. This study tested the hypothesis that Dionaea releases volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to allure prey insects. For this...

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Autores principales: Kreuzwieser, Jürgen, Scheerer, Ursel, Kruse, Jörg, Burzlaff, Tim, Honsel, Anne, Alfarraj, Saleh, Georgiev, Plamen, Schnitzler, Jörg-Peter, Ghirardo, Andrea, Kreuzer, Ines, Hedrich, Rainer, Rennenberg, Heinz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3904726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24420576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ert455