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Tag: pollen limitation

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With hundreds of thousands of flowers, macadamia can be limited by not getting enough pollen

This study is the first to demonstrate pollen limitation in a mass-flowering tree.

by Fi GennuFebruary 16, 2022February 16, 2022
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Growth & Development

Interactive effects of drought and pollen intensity on seed production

Seed production of flowering plants is influenced by water availability and pollen deposition, but is there an interaction between these factors?

by William SalterFebruary 3, 2022February 3, 2022
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Close Encounters

Flies can be pollen thieves but plants deal with them

Some plants tackle thieves and pollinators eating pollen by producing enough both to feed visitors and fertilise available ovules.

by Juniper KissMay 4, 2021May 4, 2021
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Bilingual Close Encounters

How will plants cope with fewer pollinators?

A recent paper highlights a critical research gap, and reveals the potential for finding new data in old places.

by Rachael Olliff-YangApril 13, 2021April 30, 2021
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Growth & Development

Botanists find out who’s the daddy

by Fi GennuFebruary 27, 2020February 27, 2020
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Tuberaria guttata
Annals of Botany News in Brief

Reproductive assurance weakens pollinator-mediated selection on flower size

The consequences of delayed selfing by reproductive assurance for selection on flower size in mixed-mating species is relevant to understand the evolution of plant breeding systems.

by Alex AssiryJuly 7, 2019July 3, 2019
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Bee on a flower
Annals of Botany News in Brief

Do I need a sexual partner, or is it better to be my own date? The evolution of sexually dimorphic plants

by Alex AssiryMarch 12, 2019February 18, 2019
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A graph of the matter in question
Annals of Botany News in Brief

Evolution of plant mating systems drives pollen limitation

by Alex AssiryFebruary 7, 2019February 4, 2019
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Experimental set up used in the study
AoB PLANTS News in Brief

A review of European studies on pollination networks and pollen limitation, and a case study designed to fill in a gap

by William SalterJanuary 24, 2019January 24, 2019
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Pollination
Annals of Botany

Pollen limitation and reproductive assurance in a fragmented landscape

by botanyoneApril 2, 2018March 30, 2018
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AoB PLANTS

Plant biotic interactions and fitness in habitat edges

by AoBPLANTSOctober 25, 2017October 25, 2017
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AoB PLANTS

Stigmatic limitations on reproductive success in a paleotropical tree

by AoBPLANTSAugust 23, 2017August 10, 2017
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Effect of pollination and herbivory treatments on the strength and direction of selection on several floral and inflorescence architecture traits in Lythrum salicaria
Annals of Botany

The role of herbivory in the selection of floral traits

by botanyoneJune 26, 2017
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AoB PLANTS

Species-environment interactions changed by introduced herbivores

by AoBPLANTSMay 2, 2017
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