Buzzing Wild Bee Visits Enhance Seed Set in Eggplant, Solanum melongena
Sixty percent of the angiosperms with poricidal anthers are buzz-pollinated by bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Plant taxa with Solanum-type flowers have larger anthers and shorter filaments. Solanum melongena (Solanaceae) is more commonly and efficiently pollinated by buzz pollinators. The p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4624062 |