Using Nectar-Related Traits to Enhance Crop-Pollinator Interactions

Floral nectar and other reward facilitate crop pollination, and in so doing, increase the amount and breadth of food available for humans. Though abundance and diversity of pollinators (particularly bees) have declined over the past several decades, a concomitant increase in reliance on pollinators...

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Main Authors: Jarrad R. Prasifka, Rachel E. Mallinger, Zoe M. Portlas, Brent S. Hulke, Karen K. Fugate, Travis Paradis, Marshall E. Hampton, Clay J. Carter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00812/full