Wilting may leave bees wanting: drops in turgor pressure may reduce viability of buzz-pollinated flowers

2025/04/09 by Benjamin S. Lazarus, Agnes S. Dellinger · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Plant and animal studies #Bee Products Chemical Analysis #Insect and Pesticide Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/jxb/eraf061

Abstract

This article comments on: Alvord M, McNally J, Casey C, Jankauski M. 2025. Turgor pressure affects transverse stiffness and resonant frequencies of buzz-pollinated poricidal anthers. Journal of Experimental Botany 76, 1784–1794. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae504

Citations

• A biophysical model for buzz pollination in angiosperms
• Buzz-Pollinated Crops: A Global Review and Meta-analysis of the Effects of Supplemental Bee Pollination in Tomato

Discussions

• Alvord et al. 2025 @jxbotany.bsky.social show that #turgor pressure is important to maintain the functionality of #buzz-pollinated flowers - see our commentary on their paper! doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... [bsky, 5 points, 0 comments]

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