Nectar chemistry is tailored for both attraction of mutualists and protection from exploiters
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Nectar chemistry is tailored for both attraction of mutualists and protection from exploiters.
Plants produce nectar to attract pollinators in the case of floral nectar (FN) and defenders in the case of extrafloral nectar (EFN). Whereas nectars must function in the context of plant-animal mutualisms, their chemical composition makes them also attractive for non-mutualistic, exploiting organisms: nectar robbers and nectar-infesting microorganisms. We reviewed the chemical composition of b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Plant Signaling & Behavior
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1559-2324
DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.9.9393