Volkov Alexander G, Carrell Holly, Markin Vladislav S
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Oakwood University, Huntsville, Alabama 35896, USA.
Plant Physiol. 2009 Apr;149(4):1661-7. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.134536. Epub 2009 Feb 11.
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis) is a marvel of plant electrical, mechanical, and biochemical engineering. The rapid closure of the Venus flytrap upper leaf in about 0.1 s is one of the fastest movements in the plant kingdom. We found earlier that the electrical stimulus between a midrib and a lobe closes the Venus flytrap upper leaf without mechanical stimulation of trigger hairs. The Venus flytrap can accumulate small subthreshold charges and, when the threshold value is reached, the trap closes. Here, we investigated the electrical properties of the upper leaf of the Venus flytrap and proposed the equivalent electrical circuit in agreement with the experimental data.
捕蝇草(Dionaea muscipula Ellis)是植物电、机械和生化工程方面的一个奇迹。捕蝇草上叶在约0.1秒内迅速闭合是植物界中最快的运动之一。我们之前发现,中脉和叶瓣之间的电刺激能使捕蝇草上叶闭合,而无需触发毛的机械刺激。捕蝇草可以积累小的阈下电荷,当达到阈值时,捕虫器就会关闭。在这里,我们研究了捕蝇草上叶的电学特性,并提出了与实验数据相符的等效电路。