Widespread vulnerability of flowering plant seed production to pollinator declines

JG Rodger, JM Bennett, M Razanajatovo, TM Knight… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
Despite evidence of pollinator declines from many regions across the globe, the threat this
poses to plant populations is not clear because plants can often produce seeds without …

Pollination deficits and their relation with insect pollinator visitation are cultivar-dependent in an entomophilous crop

M Eeraerts, S Chabert, LW DeVetter, P Batáry… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Insects contribute considerably to global crop pollination, with pollination deficits being
documented for multiple entomophilous or pollinator-dependent crops. Different cultivars of …

Fruit set is moderately dependent on insect pollinators in strawberry and is limited by the availability of pollen under natural open conditions

CM Menzel - The Journal of Horticultural Science and …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Modern strawberry (Fragaria× ananass a Duch.) cultivars are hermaphrodite and have fertile
flowers, with the anthers releasing viable pollen. Cultivars are self-compatible and do not …

Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter gene family in pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) reveal the role …

P Chen, Y Li, L Zhao, Z Hou, M Yan, B Hu… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
Pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) cultivation commonly relies on asexual reproduction which
is easily impeded by many factors in agriculture production. Sexual reproduction might be a …

Heterospecific pollen deposition is positively associated with reproductive success in a diverse hummingbird‐pollinated plant community

SA Lopes, PJ Bergamo, S Najara Pinho Queiroz… - Oikos, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Heterospecific pollen deposition (HPD) is ubiquitous across plant communities, especially
for generalized species which use a diversity of pollinators, and may have negative effects …

Flowering synchrony modulates pollinator sharing and places plant individuals along a competition–facilitation continuum

B Arroyo‐Correa, I Bartomeus, P Jordano - Oikos, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Indirect interactions among species within ecological communities govern ecological and
evolutionary processes as much as, or even more, than direct effects. In insect‐pollinated …

Environmental variables drive phenological events of anemocoric plants and enhance diaspore dispersal potential: A new wind-based approach

LR Novaes, ES Calixto, ML de Oliveira… - Science of the Total …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Phenological studies of Brazilian savanna vegetation have described a generalized
phenological pattern for all species, mainly based on rainfall and temperature. Few studies …

Pollination biology reveals challenges to restoring populations of Brighamia insignis (Campanulaceae), a critically endangered plant species from Hawai 'i

SK Walsh, RJ Pender, RR Junker, CC Daehler… - Flora, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Understanding the reproductive biology of rare plant species is fundamental to managing
their restoration. Brighamia insignis is a critically endangered Hawaiian lobeliad endemic to …

Strong habitat and seasonal phenology effects on the evolution of self‐compatibility, clonality and pollinator shifts in Lachenalia (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae)

GD Duncan, AG Ellis, F Forest, GA Verboom - New Phytologist, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plants employ a diversity of reproductive safeguarding strategies to circumvent the
challenge of pollen limitation. Focusing on southern African Lachenalia (Asparagaceae …

[HTML][HTML] What triggers phenological events in plants under seasonal environments? A study with phylogenetically related plant species in sympatry

CC Pereira, MG Boaventura, T Cornelissen… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2022‏ - SciELO Brasil
In this study, we evaluated variation in vegetative and reproductive phenological events of
four phylogenetically related plant species subjected to a seasonal environment. To this aim …