Fleshy fruits have evolved multiple times and display a tremendous diversity of colours,
shapes, aromas and textures. For over a century this was attributed, at least in part, to …

Ongoing environmental changes are affecting physical, chemical and biological soil
components. Evidence of impacts of soil changes on pollinators' and seed dispersers' …

Plants produce an enormous diversity of secondary metabolites, but the evolutionary
mechanisms that maintain this diversity are still unclear. The interaction diversity hypothesis …

Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) play a central role in seed dispersal and fruit defense,
with potential for large impacts on plant fitness and demography. Yet because PSMs can …

Societal Impact Statement Fleshy fruits provide humans with many flavorful and nutritious
crops. Understanding the diversity of these plants is fundamental to managing agriculture …

Premise The scents of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are an important component of
ripe fleshy fruit attractiveness, yet their variation across closely related wild species is poorly …

A novel perception of botanic gardens as complex “factories of molecules”(Lombardy
Region Project–Lr. 25/2016, year 2021), that mediate plant–environment interactions, and …

Plant species with fleshy fruits offer animals rewards such as sugar, protein, and fat, to feed
on their fruits and disperse their seeds. They have also evolved visual and olfactory signals …

Frugivore foraging behavior is largely influenced by two key groups of chemical traits:
nutrients and secondary metabolites. Many secondary metabolites function in plant defense …

The ability to assess food quality is crucial to all organisms. Fleshy fruits are a major source
of nutrients to various animals, and unlike most food sources, have evolved to be attractive …