Failure without Tears: Two-Step Attachment in a Climbing Cactus [PDF]
Biomimetics, 2023 Climbing plants can be extremely adaptable to diverse habitats and capable of colonising perturbed, unstructured, and even moving environments. The timing of the attachment process, whether instantaneous (e.g., a pre-formed hook) or slow (growth process),
Nick P. Rowe +2 more
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Structural performance of a climbing cactus: making the most of softness. [PDF]
J R Soc Interface, 2021 Climbing plants must reach supports and navigate gaps to colonize trees. This requires a structural organization ensuring the rigidity of so-called ‘searcher’ stems. Cacti have succulent stems adapted for water storage in dry habitats. We investigate how
Bastola AK +4 more
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Avaliação de características físico-químicas de frutos de duas espécies de pitaya [PDF]
Revista Ceres, 2014 O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar características físico-químicas dos frutos de 21 acessos de duas espécies de pitaya, Hylocereus undatus e Selenicereus setaceus.
Cristiane Andréa de Lima +3 more
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Mechanical Innovations of a Climbing Cactus: Functional Insights for a New Generation of Growing Robots [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020 Climbing plants are being increasingly viewed as models for bioinspired growing robots capable of spanning voids and attaching to diverse substrates.
Patricia Soffiatti, Nick P. Rowe
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Influência da temperatura e luminosidade na germinação de sementes das espécies: Selenicereus setaceus, Hylocereus undatus e Hylocereus polyrhizus [PDF]
Revista de Ciências Agroveterinárias, 2019 A pitaia é uma frutífera tropical, pertencente à família Cactaceae, com elevado potencial produtivo, nutritivo, econômico e social para a agricultura familiar, sendo uma cultura ainda pouco conhecida e com escassas informações sobre as condições que ...
Rodrigo Ruths +5 more
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Cactus-inspired design principles for soft robotics based on 3D printed hydrogel-elastomer systems [PDF]
Materials & Design, 2021 Plants have evolved many capabilities to anchor, position their stems and leaves favourably, and adapt themselves to different environmental conditions by virtue of growing.
Anil K. Bastola +5 more
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Susceptibility of Pitaya genotypes to Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica: implications for nematode management in Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyPitaya (Selenicereus spp., Cactaceae) has gained popularity among fruit consumers due to its distinctive flavor, shape, color, as well as vitamin C and B contents.
L. T. Bombonato +10 more
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A família Cactaceae na Área de Proteção Ambiental da Orla Marítima do Rio de Janeiro - trecho Recreio dos Bandeirantes: Levantamento de espécies e fenologia reprodutiva [PDF]
PaubrasiliaO Brasil representa o terceiro maior centro de diversidade e endemismo da família Cactaceae, com 82 gêneros e 474 espécies, 50% dos gêneros e 80% das espécies endêmicas e 52 espécies raras.
Fábio de Castro Verçoza +2 more
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Approaches of combining a 3D-printed elastic structure and a hydrogel to create models for plant-inspired actuators [PDF]
, 2021 Inspired by the interesting functional traits of a climbing cactus, Selenicereus setaceus, found in the forest formations of Southeastern Brazil, we formulated a hypothesis that we can directly learn from the plants to develop multi-functional artificial
Anil Bastola
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DNA index and anatomical aspects of the micrografting of dragon fruit on different rootstocks
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2021 The objective of this work was to evaluate the viability of the micrografting of yellow dragon fruit (Selenicereus megalanthus) on different rootstocks, based on DNA content and anatomical analyses.
Renata Amato Moreira +7 more
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