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Article Dans Une Revue Plant Signaling and Behavior Année : 2011

Carnivorous Utricularia: The buckling scenario

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We review recent results about the functioning of aquatic carnivorous traps from the genus Utricularia. The use of high speed cameras has helped to elucidate the mechanism at the origin of the ultra fast capture process of Utricularia, at a millisecond time scale. As water is pumped out of the trap, pressure decreases inside the trap and elastic energy is stored due to the change of shape of the trap body. This energy is suddenly released when the trap is fired: the trap door undergoes an elastical instability: buckling, which allows its fast and passive opening and closure. This mechanism is used by Utricularia both to catch preys touching its trigger hairs and to fire spontaneously at regular time intervals. The results leading to this interpretation are reviewed and discussed and suggestions for further work are briefly presented.

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hal-00641860 , version 1 (16-11-2011)

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Olivier Vincent, Philippe Marmottant. Carnivorous Utricularia: The buckling scenario. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 2011, 6 (11), pp.1752. ⟨10.4161/psb.6.11.17804⟩. ⟨hal-00641860⟩

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