Plant BiologyPlant BiologyPeer-reviewed
Bait, not reward: CO2-enriched Nepenthes pitchers secrete toxic nectar
Chandni Chandran Lathika, G. B. Sujatha, Gintu Thomas…·Sabulal Baby
This study shows that Nepenthes extrafloral nectar is a toxic bait, not a reward, containing acetylcholinesterase inhibitors that impair arthropod neuronal activity.
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