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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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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Extrafloral nectaries in Combretaceae: morphology, anatomy and taxonomic significance
Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 2004 Extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) in members of the Combretaceae are nectaries not involved with pollination and occurring on vegetative structures; they are believed to attract ants to protect plants against herbivorv by other insects.
P. M. Tilney, A. E. van Wyk
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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.
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Targeted predation of extrafloral nectaries by insects despite localized chemical defences [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2015 Mark C Mescher, Consuelo M De Moraes
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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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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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Development and differentiation of the extrafloral nectaries from flower buds in Vigna luteola (Leguminosae, Phaseolinae) [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2020 To study the ontogeny of the extrafloral nectaries present in the inflorescences of Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth (Leguminosae, Phaseolinae), the location, morphology, anatomy of the earliest stages, histology of the definitive structures and ...
FABIANA S. OJEDA +2 more
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Defoliation in Perennial Plants: Predictable and Surprising Results in Senna spp.
Plants, 2023 When some plants are defoliated, they may suffer by reaching a smaller final size than if they had not been damaged. Other plants may compensate for damage, ending up the same size as if they had not been damaged. Still, others may overcompensate, ending
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