Mechanical defenses of plant extrafloral nectaries against herbivory [PDF]
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2016 Extrafloral nectaries play an important role in plant defense against herbivores by providing nectar rewards that attract ants and other carnivorous insects.
Moshe Gish +2 more
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Alien and native tree species having extrafloral nectaries as favorite hunting area for arboreal endemic Philippine tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in human‐disturbed habitat in Lanao del Sur Province, Mindanao, Philippines [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 To document a relation between abundance of arboreal, predatory tiger beetles, their ant prey, and extrafloral nectaries attracting the ants, we gathered data from more than 10 species of native and introduced trees and large, tree‐like perennial plants ...
Jalanie S. Marohomsalic +4 more
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Nectar biosynthesis is conserved among floral and extrafloral nectaries. [PDF]
Plant Physiol, 2021 AbstractNectar is a primary reward mediating plant–animal mutualisms to improve plant fitness and reproductive success. Four distinct trichomatic nectaries develop in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), one floral and three extrafloral, and the nectars they secrete serve different purposes.
Chatt EC +8 more
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Inaugural Description of Extrafloral Nectaries in Sapindaceae: Structure, Diversity and Nectar Composition [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Sapindales is a large order with a great diversity of nectaries; however, to date, there is no information about extrafloral nectaries (EFN) in Sapindaceae, except recent topological and morphological data, which indicate an unexpected structural novelty
Danielle Maximo +2 more
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Extrafloral nectary-bearing plant Mallotus japonicus uses different types of extrafloral nectaries to establish effective defense by ants. [PDF]
J Plant Res, 2019 Extrafloral nectary (EFN)-bearing plants attract ants to gain protection against herbivores. Some EFN-bearing plants possess different types of EFNs, which might have different effects on ants on the plants. Mallotus japonicus (Thunb.) Muell. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) bears two types of EFNs, including a pair of large EFNs at the leaf base and many small ...
Yamawo A, Suzuki N, Tagawa J.
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Extrafloral nectaries in Nephelium lappaceum (Sapindaceae)
Botanical Sciences, 2022 Background: There is no previous evidence in the literature that documents the presence of extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) or the exomorphology of domatia in Nephelium lappaceum (rambutan), a fruit tree native to Malaysia introduced in various American ...
Hernán Villatoro-Moreno +5 more
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The phylogenetic distribution of extrafloral nectaries in plants. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2013 Understanding the evolutionary patterns of ecologically relevant traits is a central goal in plant biology. However, for most important traits, we lack the comprehensive understanding of their taxonomic distribution needed to evaluate their evolutionary mode and tempo across the tree of life. Here we evaluate the broad phylogenetic patterns of a common
Weber MG, Keeler KH.
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A new dioecious bush tomato, Solanum nectarifolium (Solanaceae), from the northern Tanami Desert, Northern Territory, Australia, with reassessment of S. ossicruentum and a change in the circumscription of S. dioicum [PDF]
PhytoKeysA new species of functionally dioecious bush tomato from the “Solanum dioicum + S. echinatum group” of Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum is described. Solanum nectarifolium Martine & Brennan, sp.
Christopher T. Martine +4 more
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Variation in Extrafloral Nectary Productivity Influences the Ant Foraging.
PLoS ONE, 2017 Extrafloral nectar is the main food source offered by plants to predatory ants in most land environments. Although many studies have demonstrated the importance of extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) to plant defense against herbivores, the influence of EFNs ...
Denise Lange +2 more
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Structure of the extrafloral nectaries of Vicia (L.) Fabaceae
Acta Agrobotanica, 2013 Extrafloral nectaries on the abaxial surface of stipules were investigated in the Vicia angustifolia, Vicia sativa, Vicia sepium and Vicia grandiflora. In V. angustifolia nectaries were also located on the calyx surface.
Małgorzata Stpiczyńska
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