New perspective on pollen toxicity inCamellia oleifera

2024/11/01 by Bin Yuan, Xiaoming Fan, Fuliang Hu +1 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Plant Parasitism and Resistance #Plant and animal studies #Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

paper · doi:10.1111/jipb.13803

openalex publication_date 2024/11/01 · openalex created_date 2024/11/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

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.

Citations

• Lethal effects of tea‐oil Camellia on honeybee larvae due to pollen toxicity
• Assessment of pollen rewards by foraging bees

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• In this News and Views, Yuan et al. explore #pollen toxicity in the economically important plant Camellina, improving our understanding of the ecological functions of pollen and informing efforts to m [bsky, 3 points, 0 comments]

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