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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 4, Page 894-900, July 2025.Understanding plant reproductive strategies is vital for conserving endangered species. This study reveals a novel self‐pollination mechanism in the diminutive orchid Stigmatodactylus sikokianus, facilitated by the movement of a finger‐like appendage beneath the stigma.
Kenji Suetsugu
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Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 7, Page 4004-4015, July 2025.Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are virulent against multiple life stages of Aethina tumida in the laboratory. EPNs significantly reduce adult emergence in natural and autoclaved sterile soil under semi‐field glasshouse conditions. Abstract BACKGROUND The small hive beetle (SHB; Aethina tumida) is a significant pest affecting honey bees and the ...
Sitaram Aryal +7 more
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Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 7, Page 1678-1692, July 2025.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Functional traits determine interactions between plants and pollinators, and to increase pollination efficiency, many plants have evolved traits to attract specific pollinator groups. However, biogeographical setting may influence trait evolution and biotic interactions.
Maximillian G. R. Vollstädt +46 more
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Linking leaf economic spectrum to floral resources along an environmental gradient
Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 7, Page 1659-1671, July 2025.Although it is generally assumed that vegetative and reproductive traits are subject to different selection pressures, our results highlight their interconnectedness and suggest that their evolution may be characterised by the balance of different selection factors rather than by independent processes.
Edy Fantinato +8 more
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Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Cytisus scoparius*
Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 7, Page 1877-1933, July 2025.Broom is an attractive and common native plant across Britain, Ireland and most of Europe, and yet it is considered a harmful and invasive weed around the rest of the world. This is aided by broom thriving on poor dry soils, helped by using green stems for photosynthesis and having root nodules to fix nitrogen.
Peter A. Thomas +9 more
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Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 6, Page 888-900, July 2025.ABSTRACT Short‐tongued saprophilous flies are a diverse but under‐appreciated group of pollinators, which are particularly important for flowers in the subtribe Stapeliinae (Apocynaceae‐Asclepiadoideae‐Ceropegieae). This clade of plants is characterised by repeated shifts between tubular kettle‐trap and open non‐trap flowers and chemical mimicry (of ...
Annemarie Heiduk +4 more
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Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 6, Page 882-887, July 2025.ABSTRACT Silene migjornensis is a plant species restricted to a unique location in the south of Mallorca. Its floral syndrome suggests nocturnal pollination by lepidopterans, but pollinators of this species remain unknown. Several surveys were conducted along the flowering period, and potential pollinators were captured for pollen load analyses ...
Fernando D. Cortés‐Giménez +4 more
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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Volume 67, Issue 7, Page 1965-1981, July 2025.The rice pollen‐specific receptor‐like kinases OsPRK1, OsPRK2, and OsPRK3 play a crucial role in reactive oxygen species (ROS)‐mediated pollen hydration and germination. Triple mutants display male sterility due to decreased ROS levels and impaired pollen hydration, and their germination phenotype can be partially restored by exogenous application of ...
Eui‐Jung Kim +9 more
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The genetic basis of replicated bullseye pattern reduction across the Hibiscus trionum complex
New Phytologist, Volume 247, Issue 2, Page 863-883, July 2025.Summary Colorful petal patterns fulfill important functions and constitute excellent systems to illuminate the evolutionary processes that generate morphological diversity or instead support the repetitive emergence of similar forms. Here, we combined phylogenomic approaches, genetic manipulations, molecular techniques, and bee behavioral experiments ...
May T. S. Yeo +6 more
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