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Table 2 Effect of storage at room temperature on the UCM relaxation time for two greenhouse-sourced pitcher plant fluids

From: A portable extensional rheometer for measuring the viscoelasticity of pitcher plant and other sticky liquids in the field

Species

Storage time (day)

λ UCM (ms)

R 2 (−)

N. eymae

1

28.5

0.957

 

2

15.8

0.975

 

7

12.9

0.997

 

9

11.7

0.994

 

14

8.64

0.996

 

23

2.21

0.998

 

37

0.73

0.950

N. maxima

1

19.6

0.991

 

2

11.7

0.986

 

6

4.25

0.991

 

8

3.49

0.979

 

16

1.08

0.989

  1. Values of λ UCM obtained by fitting Equation (2) to the N. eymae and N. maxima data in Figure 7.