Eco-evolutionary processes shaping floral nectar sugar composition
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64755-5
Abstract: Floral nectar sugar composition is assumed to reflect the nutritional demands and foraging behaviour of pollinators, but the relative contributions of evolutionary and abiotic factors to nectar sugar composition remain largely unknown across the angiosperms.… read more here.
Keywords: nectar sugar; sugar composition; plant; nectar ... See more keywords
Bee visitation rates to cultivated sunflowers increase with the amount and accessibility of nectar sugars
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DOI: 10.1111/jen.12375
Abstract: Pollinators make foraging decisions based on numerous floral traits, including nectar and pollen rewards, and associated visual and olfactory cues. For insectâpollinated crops, identifying and breeding for attractive floral traits may increase yields. In this… read more here.
Keywords: nectar; nectar sugar; floral traits; amount ... See more keywords
Is the Nectar Sugar Content the Key to Improving Onion and Bunching Onion Seed Yield?
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DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae9060657
Abstract: Bunching onion as well as onion show great variability in seed yield among cultivars. Understanding the role of floral rewards and attractants to pollinator species is crucial to improving crop seed yield. Nectar sugar concentration… read more here.
Keywords: bunching onion; seed yield; seed; onion ... See more keywords