The utility of crop genetic diversity in maintaining ecosystem services

R Hajjar, DI Jarvis, B Gemmill-Herren - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Few studies have addressed the relationship between genetic diversity and provision of
ecosystem services in agroecosystems. In this review, we argue that the contribution of …

Nectar chemistry is tailored for both attraction of mutualists and protection from exploiters

M González-Teuber, M Heil - Plant signaling & behavior, 2009‏ - Taylor & Francis
Plants produce nectar to attract pollinators in the case of floral nectar (FN) and defenders in
the case of extrafloral nectar (EFN). Whereas nectars must function in the context of plant …

Nectar chemistry

SW Nicolson, RW Thornburg - Nectaries and nectar, 2007‏ - Springer
Nectar properties tend to be similar for plants visited by the same kinds of pollinators, and
much of the available information on nectar chemistry has been collected in the context of …

A systematic survey of floral nectaries

G Bernardello - Nectaries and nectar, 2007‏ - Springer
The construction of classifications, as well as the understanding of biological diversity,
depends upon a careful comparison of attributes of the organisms studied (Stuessy, 1990). It …

Nectar concentration and composition of 26 species from the temperate forest of South America

VR Chalcoff, MA Aizen, L Galetto - Annals of botany, 2006‏ - academic.oup.com
Background and Aims Floral nectar concentration and chemical composition of 26 plant
species native to the temperate forest of southern South America are reported and the …

Nectar sugar composition in relation to pollination syndromes in Sinningieae (Gesneriaceae)

M Perret, A Chautems, R Spichiger, M Peixoto… - Annals of …, 2001‏ - academic.oup.com
A putative correlation between nectar sugar composition and pollination syndrome was
evaluated in the tribe Sinningieae (Neotropical Gesneriaceae). Sucrose, fructose and …

Bee visitation rates to cultivated sunflowers increase with the amount and accessibility of nectar sugars

RE Mallinger, JR Prasifka - Journal of Applied Entomology, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Pollinators make foraging decisions based on numerous floral traits, including nectar and
pollen rewards, and associated visual and olfactory cues. For insect‐pollinated crops …

[کتاب][B] Co-evolution of secondary metabolites

JM Merillon, KG Ramawat - 2020‏ - Springer
This book is like a dream project putting together metabolic aspect of complex biological
processes like pollination, symbiosis, herbivory by insects, and volatiles released by plants …

On 'various contrivances': pollination, phylogeny and flower form in the Solanaceae

S Knapp - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2010‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Members of the euasterid angiosperm family Solanaceae have been characterized as
remarkably diverse in terms of flower morphology and pollinator type. In order to test the …