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Curr Opin Plant Biol

Title:		Back to the past for pollination biology
Author(s):		Kessler D; Baldwin IT;
Address:		"Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knoll Strasse 8, 07745 Jena, Germany"
Journal Title:		Curr Opin Plant Biol
Year:		2011
Volume:		20110427
Issue:		4
Page Number:		429 - 434
DOI:		10.1016/j.pbi.2011.03.023
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-0356 (Electronic) 1369-5266 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Manipulations of the interactions between plants and their floral visitors remain the most successful path to an understanding of floral traits, which may have been shaped by both herbivores and pollinators. By using genetic tools in combination with old-fashioned field work the dual protective/advertisement functions of floral traits are being realized. The distinction between wanted and unwanted floral visitors is blurring, and plants with specialized pollination systems are being found capable of using alternative pollinators if the specialized pollinators fail to perform"
Keywords:		"Animals Feeding Behavior Flowers/chemistry/*physiology Insecta/*physiology Odorants Plant Nectar/chemistry Plants, Genetically Modified/physiology *Pollination Species Specificity Volatile Organic Compounds/metabolism;"
Notes:		"MedlineKessler, Danny Baldwin, Ian T eng Review England 2011/05/03 Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2011 Aug; 14(4):429-34. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2011.03.023. Epub 2011 Apr 27"