Many plants rely on insect pollination, yet numerous agricultural plant-breeding programs focus on traits that appeal to growers and consumers instead of pollinators, leading to declining pollinator attraction and crop yields. Using hybrid carrot seed production as a model, we investigated low-yielding carrot varieties by analyzing sugars and minerals in nectar and floral volatile composition. While the analysis of nectar sugars and minerals did not reveal any key differences between the carrot varieties, differences between the 112 detected volatiles in 23 samples were observed. Numerous differentiating sesquiterpenes were identified in floral solvent extracts, and subsequent behavioral assays showed that beta-ocimene from higher-yielding ...
Pollinators provide an essential service to both natural and agricultural ecosystems. More than 80% ...
Insect crop visitations do not necessarily translate to carriage or transfer of pollen. To evaluate ...
1. The ecological function of secondary metabolites in plant defence, against herbivores is well est...
Many plants rely on insect pollination, yet numerous agricultural plant-breeding programs focus on t...
Cytoplasmically male-sterile (CMS) carrot cultivars suffer from low pollination rates. In this study...
Cytoplasmically male-sterile (CMS) carrot cultivars suffer from low pollination rates. In this study...
Cytoplasmically male-sterile (CMS) carrot cultivars suffer from low pollination rates. In this study...
Pollination rates in hybrid carrot crops remain limited after introduction of honey bee hives. In th...
Cytoplasmically male-sterile (CMS) carrot cultivars suffer from low pollination rates. In this study...
Brown, PH ORCiD: 0000-0001-6272-5507 0000-0002-4033-6719Pollination rates in hybrid carrot crops rem...
Approximately one-third of our food globally comes from insect-pollinated crops. The dependence on p...
The plant kingdom produces an extraordinary diversity of secondary metabolites and the majority of t...
Oilseed rape (OSR; Brassica napus L.) is a major crop in temperate regions and provides an important...
Approximately one-third of our food globally comes from insect-pollinated crops. The dependence on p...
Pollination rates in hybrid carrot crops remain limited after introduction of honey bee hives. In th...
Pollinators provide an essential service to both natural and agricultural ecosystems. More than 80% ...
Insect crop visitations do not necessarily translate to carriage or transfer of pollen. To evaluate ...
1. The ecological function of secondary metabolites in plant defence, against herbivores is well est...
Many plants rely on insect pollination, yet numerous agricultural plant-breeding programs focus on t...
Cytoplasmically male-sterile (CMS) carrot cultivars suffer from low pollination rates. In this study...
Cytoplasmically male-sterile (CMS) carrot cultivars suffer from low pollination rates. In this study...
Cytoplasmically male-sterile (CMS) carrot cultivars suffer from low pollination rates. In this study...
Pollination rates in hybrid carrot crops remain limited after introduction of honey bee hives. In th...
Cytoplasmically male-sterile (CMS) carrot cultivars suffer from low pollination rates. In this study...
Brown, PH ORCiD: 0000-0001-6272-5507 0000-0002-4033-6719Pollination rates in hybrid carrot crops rem...
Approximately one-third of our food globally comes from insect-pollinated crops. The dependence on p...
The plant kingdom produces an extraordinary diversity of secondary metabolites and the majority of t...
Oilseed rape (OSR; Brassica napus L.) is a major crop in temperate regions and provides an important...
Approximately one-third of our food globally comes from insect-pollinated crops. The dependence on p...
Pollination rates in hybrid carrot crops remain limited after introduction of honey bee hives. In th...
Pollinators provide an essential service to both natural and agricultural ecosystems. More than 80% ...
Insect crop visitations do not necessarily translate to carriage or transfer of pollen. To evaluate ...
1. The ecological function of secondary metabolites in plant defence, against herbivores is well est...