New perspective on pollen toxicity in Camellia oleifera

Bin Yuan; Xiao-Ming Fan; Fu-Liang Hu; Yi-Bo Luo

doi:10.1111/jipb.13803

New perspective on pollen toxicity in Camellia oleifera

J Integr Plant Biol. 2024 Nov;66(11):2310-2312. doi: 10.1111/jipb.13803. Epub 2024 Nov 11.

Authors

Bin Yuan¹, Xiao-Ming Fan², Fu-Liang Hu¹, Yi-Bo Luo³

Affiliations

¹ College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
² Hunan Key Laboratory of Colleges and Universities of Oil Tea Breeding, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.

PMID: 39526577
DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13803

Abstract

Exploring pollen chemical defenses in the economically important plant Camellia oleifera and examining their effects on honeybee flower-visiting behavior improves the understanding of the ecological functions of pollen and informs efforts to manage honeybees to bolster C. oleifera production.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bees / physiology
Camellia*
Pollen* / physiology
Pollination / physiology

Grants and funding

CARS-44/Modern Agroindustry Technology Research System from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China