Utricularia carnivory revisited: Plants supply photosynthetic carbon to traps

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-103

  Sirová, Dagmara ^a,b   Borovec, Jakub ^a,b   Šantrůčková, Hana ^a   Šantrůček, Jiří ^a   Vrba, Jaroslav ^a,b   Adamec, Lubomír ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Institute of Botany AS CR   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

13C labelling; Aquatic carnivorous plants; Carbon exudation; Microbial community; Utricularia australis; Utricularia vulgaris

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; LAMIACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT SHOOTS;

UTRICULARIA; UTRICULARIA AUSTRALIS; UTRICULARIA VULGARIS;

EID: 72049115820     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp286     Document Type: Article

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