ArticleScientific reports2019
Nectar robbing in bellflower (Sesamum radiatum) benefited pollinators but unaffected maternal function of plant reproduction.
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- Effect of robbing intensity on reproductive success of Symphytum officinale (Boraginaceae).Journal of plant research · 2024Article
- Floral visitors of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.): Elucidating their nectar-robbing behaviour and impacts on the plant reproduction.PloS one · 2024Article
- Behavioural responses by a bumble bee to competition with a niche-constructing congener.The Journal of animal ecology · 2022Article
- Novel nectar robbing negatively affects reproduction inEcology and evolution · 2021Article
- Corolla Abscission Triggered by Nectar Robbers Positively Affects Reproduction by Enhancing Self-Pollination inBiology · 2021Article
- Breeding System and Response of the Pollinator to Floral Larceny and Florivory Define the Reproductive Success inFrontiers in plant science · 2021Article
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Abstract
Nectar robbing - foraging nectar illegitimately - has negative, neutral, or positive effects on maternal function of plant reproduction and/or on pollinators. It has been suggested that nectar robbing has a non-negative effect on maternal function of plant reproduction in autogamous and mixed breeding plants; however this hypothesis requires deeper understanding with more studies. We investigated the impact of natural nectar robbing on maternal function of plant reproduction and visitation characteristics of pollinators in Sesamum radiatum, an autogamous plant. Pollinators were observed on unrobbed open flowers and robbed open flowers. In robbed flowers, pollinators' visit type and foraging time were examined. The seed sets of these flower types were examined. Xylocopa latipes was both a primary robber and a legitimate pollinator, X. bryorum was an exclusive primary robber, and Megachile disjuncta was a cosmopolitan pollinator. In robbed flowers, most of the pollinators foraged mostly as secondary nectar robbers. The foraging time shortened considerably when pollinators robbed nectar - a positive effect on pollinators' foraging efficiency. Robbing did not negatively affect seed set - a neutral effect on the plant's reproduction. Our study agrees that nectar robbing might have a non-negative effect on reproduction in autogamous and mixed breeding plants.
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