Pollination: the price of attraction

Curr Biol. 2012 Sep 11;22(17):R680-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.072.

Abstract

Nectar is the major currency bringing together plants and pollinators; yet the costs and benefits of nectar production remain poorly understood. A low nectar line developed in Petunia offers an innovative approach to this problem and may offer clues to why some plants cheat and secure pollination via deception.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Behavior, Animal*
  • Manduca / physiology*
  • Petunia / physiology*
  • Plant Nectar / biosynthesis*
  • Pollination*
  • Seeds / growth & development*

Substances

  • Plant Nectar