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. 2010 Aug 1;5(8):968–978. doi: 10.4161/psb.5.8.12136

Table 1.

Parameters of the Venus flytrap model

Symbol Description Value
kc (s−1) dissipation rate of charge accumulation 0.012
kaC/V·s) accumulation rate of charge 0.11
CTC) trigger threshold 14
α (hour−1) water supply rate 1
µ (hour−1) water consumption rate 1
kt (s−1) transport parameter from the inner to the outer layer according to hydraulic pressure 10
kf (s−1) transport parameter from the inner to the outer layer according to osmotic gradient 2
kd (s−1) diffusion coefficient from the inner to the outer layer according to electrochemical energy 0.000045
T0 (s) the time of water channel opens 0.3
TD (hour) the time of reopening chemical signal occurs 15