Precision pollination strategies for advancing horticultural tomato crop production
Global climate change and anthropological activities have led to a decline in insect
pollinators worldwide. Agricultural globalisation and intensification have also removed crops …
pollinators worldwide. Agricultural globalisation and intensification have also removed crops …
Harvesting pollen with vibrations: towards an integrative understanding of the proximate and ultimate reasons for buzz pollination
M Vallejo-Marin, AL Russell - Annals of Botany, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Buzz pollination, a type of interaction in which bees use vibrations to extract pollen from
certain kinds of flowers, captures a close relationship between thousands of bee and plant …
certain kinds of flowers, captures a close relationship between thousands of bee and plant …
Low bee visitation rates explain pollinator shifts to vertebrates in tropical mountains
AS Dellinger, R Pérez‐Barrales… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Evolutionary shifts from bee to vertebrate pollination are common in tropical mountains.
Reduction in bee pollination efficiency under adverse montane weather conditions was …
Reduction in bee pollination efficiency under adverse montane weather conditions was …
Anther cones increase pollen release in buzz-pollinated Solanum flowers
The widespread evolution of tube-like anthers releasing pollen from apical pores is
associated with buzz pollination, in which bees vibrate flowers to remove pollen. The …
associated with buzz pollination, in which bees vibrate flowers to remove pollen. The …
Transmission of bee-like vibrations in buzz-pollinated plants with different stamen architectures
In buzz-pollinated plants, bees apply thoracic vibrations to the flower, causing pollen release
from anthers, often through apical pores. Bees grasp one or more anthers with their …
from anthers, often through apical pores. Bees grasp one or more anthers with their …
Connective appendages in Huberia bradeana (Melastomataceae) affect pollen release during buzz pollination
T Bochorny, LF Bacci, AS Dellinger… - Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Floral structures, such as stamen appendages, play crucial roles in pollinator attraction,
pollen release dynamics and, ultimately, the reproductive success of plants. The pollen …
pollen release dynamics and, ultimately, the reproductive success of plants. The pollen …
Forces on and in the cell walls of living plants
MC Jarvis - Plant Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Environmental influences and differential growth subject plants to mechanical forces. Forces
on the whole plant resolve into tensile forces on its primary cell walls and both tensile and …
on the whole plant resolve into tensile forces on its primary cell walls and both tensile and …
Stamen dimorphism in bird-pollinated flowers: investigating alternative hypotheses on the evolution of heteranthery
AS Dellinger, S Artuso, DM Fernández-Fernández… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Heteranthery, the presence of distinct stamen types within a flower, is commonly explained
as functional adaptation to alleviate the “pollen dilemma,” defined as the dual and conflicting …
as functional adaptation to alleviate the “pollen dilemma,” defined as the dual and conflicting …
Variation in the natural frequency of stamens in six morphologically diverse, buzz-pollinated, heterantherous Solanum taxa and its relationship to bee vibrations
During buzz pollination, bees use vibrations to remove pollen from flowers. Vibrations at the
natural frequency of pollen-carrying stamens are amplified through resonance, resulting in …
natural frequency of pollen-carrying stamens are amplified through resonance, resulting in …
More is not always better: Impact of nutrient-addition on floral traits important for buzz pollination
U Sengupta, S Krishna - Acta Oecologica, 2023 - Elsevier
Nutrient addition can affect plant fitness by altering resource allocation to reproduction or
modifying floral traits. Alterations in floral attributes, particularly in species that exhibit …
modifying floral traits. Alterations in floral attributes, particularly in species that exhibit …