The effect of global change on the expression and evolution of floral traits. [PDF]
Ann BotAbstract Background Pollinators impose strong selection on floral traits, but other abiotic and biotic agents also drive the evolution of floral traits and influence plant reproduction. Global change is expected to have widespread effects on biotic and abiotic systems, resulting in novel selection on ...
Day Briggs S, Anderson JT.
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First Measurements of Mixed Floral Traits Influencing Anacardium occidentale (Anacardeacae) Attractiveness to Bees in Côte d'Ivoire: Conservation and Agricultural Implications [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionIn Sub‐Saharan Africa, cashew plants face challenges in suitable pollination and good agronomic performances. These challenges can largely be attributed to the ability of cashew floral traits in pollinator attraction. However, especially in Côte d'Ivoire,
Dolourou Silué +5 more
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Cyanobacteria Application Ameliorates Floral Traits and Outcrossing Rate in Diverse Rice Cytoplasmic Male Sterile Lines [PDF]
Plants, 2022 In rice, cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) represents an irreplaceable strategy for producing high-yielding hybrid rice based on the commercial exploitation of heterosis.
Hassan Sh. Hamad +6 more
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An angiosperm-wide perspective on reproductive strategies and floral traits
New PhytologistSummary Flowering plants have many modes of sexual reproduction, notably varying from selfing to outcrossing, and from bisexual flowers to individuals with separate sexes (dioecy).
Helmstetter, Andrew +18 more
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The associations between floral traits and pollinator groups in two Mediterranean mountainous plant communities in the Middle Atlas of Morocco [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionBackground The relationships between floral traits and pollinators have been extensively studied over the last few decades. The concept of pollination syndrome suggests that plants pollinated by the same group of pollinators tend to develop similar ...
Aziz Ait Akka +8 more
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Methods in Ecology and EvolutionFloral traits describe organs or structures directly related to plant reproduction, and they are essential to understanding plant–pollinator interactions, notably for conservation purposes.
Alice Michelot‐Antalik +16 more
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Plants, 2023 Pollinator-mediated selection is supposed to influence floral integration. However, the potential pathway through which pollinators drive floral integration needs further investigations.
Gan-Ju Xiang +4 more
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Complex floral traits shape pollinator attraction to ornamental plants. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2022 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Ornamental flowering plant species are often used in managed greenspaces to attract and support pollinator populations. In natural systems, selection by pollinators is hypothesized to result in convergent multimodal floral phenotypes
Erickson E +5 more
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Pollinator parasites and the evolution of floral traits [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 AbstractThe main selective force driving floral evolution and diversity is plant–pollinator interactions. Pollinators use floral signals and indirect cues to assess flower reward, and the ensuing flower choice has major implications for plant fitness.
Bertrand Fouks, Kaira M. Wagoner
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Humans Share More Preferences for Floral Phenotypes With Pollinators Than With Pests
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Studies on the selection of floral traits usually consider pollinators and sometimes herbivores. However, humans also exert selection on floral traits of ornamental plants.
Victoria Ruiz-Hernández +27 more
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