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Tag: Pollination

Annals of Botany Ecosystems

Better sex doesn’t lead to better reproduction for a Balearic Arum

Botanists have found disturbance can increase pollination and seed set for an Arum on Mallorca. So why isn’t that good news for the plant?

by Alun SaltOctober 4, 2022November 20, 2022
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Close Encounters

Warming wasps pollinate poorly

As temperatures rise, the life span of a crucial pollinator diminishes to the extent it may not be able to do its job.

by Dale MayleaSeptember 28, 2022September 28, 2022
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Drought damages a plant’s perfume

Bees may be using their sense of smell to detect and avoid stressed plants.

by Alun SaltAugust 26, 2022August 26, 2022
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Close Encounters Plants & People

What makes bees feel at home in the city?

A study of the bees of Toronto aimed to uncover what factors help or hinder urban pollinators.

by Alun SaltMarch 22, 2022March 22, 2022
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Ecosystems Plants & People

Study in Sydney reveals that preserving pollination is more complex than boosting bees

An Australian team has been studying how to best grow vegetables by experimenting with pak choi in urban gardens. They found that canopy cover and garden richness, rather than pollinator visits are the key factors in improving yield.

by Alun SaltMarch 7, 2022March 9, 2022
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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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When foraging for pollen from flowers, timing can be crucial

By timing their visits to twilight, just as nocturnal flowers are opening, some bees can grab most of Pseudobombax longiflorum‘s pollen.

by Alun SaltDecember 16, 2021December 16, 2021
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Asian squirrels go nuts for nectar

A rare plant found on Thailand’s highest mountain courts an unusual pollinator.

by Alun SaltDecember 7, 2021December 7, 2021
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Growth & Development

Flowers grow less yellow without sulphur, and that could affect the pollinators that need to see them

Both Van Gogh and Nature like to use sulphur-derived pigments for flowers, but what happens when there’s not enough sulphur?

by Alun SaltOctober 20, 2021October 20, 2021
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What happens when pollinators bring the wrong pollen?

Surely once insects have brought pollen to a flower, then plant-plant interaction is over? Not so, says Gerardo Arceo-Gómez, who argues that heterospecific (or other plants’) pollen arriving in a flower might affect plant diversity.

by Fi GennuOctober 6, 2021October 6, 2021
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Bilingual Close Encounters

The colour of background vegetation reveals how bees see flowers

Studying how bees perceive flowers gives insight into how pollinators have influenced flower evolution.

by Andrea RomeroSeptember 7, 2021September 10, 2021
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Honey bees are bad news for some plants in search of pollination

Some people fixate on honey bees as essential for pollination. Reality is more complicated. For one species, honey bee visits actively harm its chances of pollinating a partner.

by Alun SaltSeptember 1, 2021September 1, 2021
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Computational Models Ecosystems

Sub-lethal pesticides might still kill ecosystems

The damage caused by sub-lethal pesticides to pollinators may show up first in plants, not bees.

by Alun SaltMay 21, 2021May 21, 2021
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Indirect effects of drought on bumblebee pollination of common charlock

How does drought influence floral traits of Sinapis arvensis and how does this affect visitation by bumblebee pollinators?

by William SalterApril 15, 2021April 15, 2021
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