Micro-organisms behind the pollination scenes: microbial imprint on floral nectar sugar variation in a tropical plant community | Zendy

Azucena Canto | Zendy; Carlos M. Herrera | Zendy

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Micro-organisms behind the pollination scenes: microbial imprint on floral nectar sugar variation in a tropical plant community

Author(s) -

Azucena Canto,

Carlos M. Herrera

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcs183

Subject(s) - nectar , biology , sugar , botany , pollinator , pollination , pollen , food science

Variation in the composition of floral nectar reflects intrinsic plant characteristics as well as the action of extrinsic factors. Micro-organisms, particularly yeasts, represent one extrinsic factor that inhabit the nectar of animal-pollinated flowers worldwide. In this study a 'microbial imprint hypothesis' is formulated and tested, in which it is proposed that natural community-wide variation in nectar sugar composition will partly depend on the presence of yeasts in flowers.

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