Flower volatiles, crop varieties and bee responses.

Pollination contributes to an estimated one third of global food production, through both the improvement of the yield and the quality of crops. Volatile compounds emitted by crop flowers mediate plant-pollinator interactions, but differences between crop varieties are still little explored. We inve...

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Main Authors: Björn K Klatt, Carina Burmeister, Catrin Westphal, Teja Tscharntke, Maximilian von Fragstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3748066?pdf=render