Growing your own cucumbers is a great way to enjoy fresh, crisp veggies straight from the garden. But getting the best ...
Squirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, ...
The squirting cucumber shoots its seeds so fast that scientists had to use techniques like high-speed videography to record ...
Along with cucumber engorgement, other physical changes in the plant before and during the explosion shaped the angle, height ...
Scientists unveiled the squirting cucumber’s seed dispersal mechanism, involving fluid redistribution and rapid recoil.
To reveal the mechanism, the team employed the help of a high-speed camera that could capture up to 8,600 frames per second, ...
The mystery surrounding the exact way the squirting cucumber disperses its seeds and how it impacts its ability to reproduce ...
"Ballistic seed dispersal" is not something you see often in plants – and for good reason, perhaps, when you see just what the affectionately called squirting cucumber is capable of. Shunning external ...