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Front Plant Sci

Title:		Humans Share More Preferences for Floral Phenotypes With Pollinators Than With Pests
Author(s):		Ruiz-Hernandez V; Joubert L; Rodriguez-Gomez A; Artuso S; Pattrick JG; Gomez PA; Eckerstorfer S; Brandauer SS; Trcka-Rojas CGI; Martinez-Reina L; Booth J; Lau-Zhu A; Weiss J; Bielza P; Glover BJ; Junker RR; Egea-Cortines M;
Address:		"Institute of Plant Biotechnology, Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Edificio I+D+I, Campus Muralla del Mar, Cartagena, Spain. Departamento de Ingenieria Agronomica, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Agronomos, Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria. Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Departamento de Arquitectura y Tecnologia de la Edificacion, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura y Edificacion, Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain. Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Division of Psychiatry, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. Evolutionary Ecology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany"
Journal Title:		Front Plant Sci
Year:		2021
Volume:		20210823
Issue:
Page Number:		647347 -
DOI:		10.3389/fpls.2021.647347
ISSN/ISBN:		1664-462X (Print) 1664-462X (Electronic) 1664-462X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Studies on the selection of floral traits usually consider pollinators and sometimes herbivores. However, humans also exert selection on floral traits of ornamental plants. We compared the preferences of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris), thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis), and humans for flowers of snapdragon. From a cross of two species, Antirrhinum majus and Antirrhinum linkianum, we selected four Recombinant Inbred Lines (RILs). We characterised scent emission from whole flowers and stamens, pollen content and viability, trichome density, floral shape, size and colour of floral parts. We tested the preferences of bumblebees, thrips, and humans for whole flowers, floral scent bouquets, stamen scent, and individual scent compounds. Humans and bumblebees showed preferences for parental species, whereas thrips preferred RILs. Colour and floral scent, in combination with other floral traits, seem relevant phenotypes for all organisms. Remarkably, visual traits override scent cues for bumblebees, although, scent is an important trait when bumblebees cannot see the flowers, and methyl benzoate was identified as a key attractant for them. The evolutionary trajectory of flowers is the result of multiple floral traits interacting with different organisms with different habits and modes of interaction"
Keywords:		agriculture floral selection humans morphology o-acetanisole pest pollinator beta-myrcene;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINERuiz-Hernandez, Victoria Joubert, Lize Rodriguez-Gomez, Amador Artuso, Silvia Pattrick, Jonathan G Gomez, Perla A Eckerstorfer, Sarah Brandauer, Sarah Sophie Trcka-Rojas, Carolina G I Martinez-Reina, Luis Booth, Josh Lau-Zhu, Alex Weiss, Julia Bielza, Pablo Glover, Beverley J Junker, Robert R Egea-Cortines, Marcos eng Switzerland 2021/09/10 Front Plant Sci. 2021 Aug 23; 12:647347. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.647347. eCollection 2021"