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ArticleScientific reports2025

Discrete element simulation of buzz pollination in tomato.

Qiang Shi, Yong Liu, Bin Wang, Yafei Wang, Xiaoxue Du, Yongzhong Zhang, Hanping Mao, Xiaoyue Yang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

8 authors.

Qiang Shi *School of Science and Technology, Shanghai Open University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Yong Liu *School of Agricultural Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China.
Bin WangSchool of Science and Technology, Shanghai Open University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Yafei WangSchool of Agricultural Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China.
Xiaoxue DuSchool of Optoelectronic Engineering, Changzhou institute of technology, Changzhou, 213032, China.
Yongzhong ZhangSchool of Science and Technology, Shanghai Open University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Hanping MaoSchool of Agricultural Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China. maohpujs@163.com.
Xiaoyue YangThe International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China. yangxiaoyue@sjtu.edu.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32071905National Natural Science Foundation of China 32201686
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Buzz pollination is essential for plants which have poricidal anther dehiscence, such as tomato. Due to the lack of microscopic level observations and precise analyses of the buzz pollination process, the mechanism of tomato pollen ejection during buzz pollination is unclear. In this study, Micro-CT imaging was used to measure the internal structure and size of tomato flowers. Then, a discrete element simulation 3D model of a standardized tomato flower was constructed. Finally, the process of collision and adhesion between pollen grains during buzz pollination was directly solved by numerical calculations. By comparing and analyzing with existing research results, a discrete element simulation of buzz pollination was developed. This study provides an intuitive, feasible, simple yet efficient research method for buzz pollination, which is helpful to understand and explore the mechanism of pollen ejection from pored anthers during mechanical or natural bee-induced vibrations.

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FlowersPollinationSolanum lycopersicumAnimalsBeesComputer SimulationPollenX-Ray MicrotomographyBuzz pollinationDiscrete elementFloral sonicationPollenSimulationTomato

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PMID40000742
PMCPMC11862184

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