Chemistry of scented nectar in the black lily Fritillaria camtschatcensis (Liliaceae)
Plant Species BiologyVolatile compounds in floral nectar may affect plant–pollinator relationships; however, the understanding of the distribution and functions of scented floral nectar is still relatively limited.
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Impact of nectar composition and nectar yeasts on volatile emissions and parasitoid behavior [PDF]
Journal of Chemical EcologyNectar yeasts can significantly influence the scent of floral nectar and therefore the foraging behavior of flower-visiting insects. While these effects likely depend on nectar chemistry and yeast species, their joint impact on nectar volatile profiles ...
Verstrepen, Kevin J. +6 more
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A guide to sunflowers: floral resource nutrition for bee health and key pollination syndromes [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceSunflower, Helianthus annuus L., is a prominent global oilseed crop with rising cultivation and appeal as a bee-friendly plant by providing abundant floral resources for pollinators.
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Nectar robbers and simulated robbing differ in their effects on nectar microbial communities
Plant Species BiologyFloral nectar contains microbes that can influence nectar chemistry and pollinator visitation, and these microbial communities can be affected by pollinators in turn. Some flowers are also visited by nectar robbers, which feed on nectar through holes cut
Bronstein, Judith L. +3 more
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Discovery of octopamine and tyramine in nectar and their effects on bumblebee behavior
iScience, 2022 Summary: Nectar chemistry can influence the behavior of pollinators in ways that affect pollen transfer, yet basic questions about how nectar chemical diversity impacts plant-pollinator relationships remain unexplored.
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Alimentos e Nutrição, 2011 <p align="justify"> Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar os atributos sensoriais assim como determinar as caracterÃsticas fÃsico-quÃmicas e cromáticas de néctares de acerola adicionados de diferentes concentrações de extrato comercial de
M. V. M. NEVES, V. L. A. G. LIMA
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Variation in pollinator foraging behavior can influence pollination effectiveness, community diversity, and plant–pollinator network structure. Although effects of interspecific variation have been widely documented, studies of intraspecific variation in
Matthew W. Chmielewski +8 more
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Nectar compounds impact bacterial and fungal growth and shift community dynamics in a nectar analog [PDF]
, 2023 Floral nectar is frequently colonised by microbes. However, nectar microbial communities are typically species-poor and dominated by few cosmopolitan genera. One hypothesis is that nectar constituents may act as environmental filters.
Jacob S. Francis +5 more
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Free amino acids in nectar: its composition and variability among bat-pollinated plants
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2021 Regardless of the low concentrations at which amino acids are present in floral nectar of bat-pollinated plants, their role as nectar flavor providers and their influence on bats’ foraging decisions have been recognized.
Nelly Rodríguez-Peña +5 more
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Honey bees avoid nectar colonized by three bacterial species, but not by a yeast species, isolated from the bee gut. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The gut microflora of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, is receiving increasing attention as a potential determinant of the bees' health and their efficacy as pollinators. Studies have focused primarily on the microbial taxa that appear numerically dominant
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