Bumble bees show an induced preference for flowers when primed with caffeinated nectar and a target floral odor.

Bombus terrestris alkaloids associative learning bumble bees flower constancy pollination strawberry flowers

Journal

Current biology : CB
ISSN: 1879-0445
Titre abrégé: Curr Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9107782

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 09 2021
Historique:
received: 12 04 2021
revised: 04 06 2021
accepted: 24 06 2021
pubmed: 30 7 2021
medline: 7 4 2022
entrez: 29 7 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Caffeine is a widely occurring plant defense chemical

Identifiants

pubmed: 34324835
pii: S0960-9822(21)00897-6
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.068
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Plant Nectar 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

4127-4131.e4

Subventions

Organisme : Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
ID : BB/T003960/1
Pays : United Kingdom

Commentaires et corrections

Type : CommentIn

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of interests F.L.W. is an employee of Biobest NV. F.L.W. was involved in the study design and interpretation, but the funding bodies themselves were not involved in the design, data collection, analysis, or decision to publish. At time of submission, the authors held no patents related to this work.

Auteurs

Sarah E J Arnold (SEJ)

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK; Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania. Electronic address: s.e.j.arnold@greenwich.ac.uk.

Jan-Hendrik Dudenhöffer (JH)

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.

Michelle T Fountain (MT)

NIAB EMR, East Malling, Kent ME19 6BJ, UK.

Katie L James (KL)

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.

David R Hall (DR)

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.

Dudley I Farman (DI)

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK.

Felix L Wäckers (FL)

Biobest NV, Ilse Velden 18, 2260 Westerlo, Belgium.

Philip C Stevenson (PC)

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK.

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