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
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.e4Subventions
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.