Crop Domestication Alters Floral Reward Chemistry With Potential Consequences for Pollinator Health

Crop Domestication Alters Floral Reward Chemistry With Potential Consequences for Pollinator Health

Crop domestication can lead to weakened expression of plant defences, with repercussions for herbivore and pathogen susceptibility. However, little is known about how domestication alters traits that mediate other important ecological interactions in crops, such as pollination. Secondary metabolites...

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Main Authors: Paul A. Egan, Lynn S. Adler, Rebecca E. Irwin, Iain W. Farrell, Evan C. Palmer-Young, Philip C. Stevenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
domestication
floral rewards
Vaccinium
crop evolution
pollinator-pathogen interactions
Bombus impatiens
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01357/full

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