Plant secondary metabolites in nectar: impacts on pollinators and ecological functions

Nectar microbes can reduce secondary metabolites in nectar and alter effects on nectar consumption by pollinators

(2016) Rachel L. Vannette et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant toxin levels in nectar vary spatially across native and introduced populations

(2016) Paul A. Egan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Memory-Relevant Mushroom Body Output Synapses Are Cholinergic

(2016) Oliver Barnstedt et al.   NEURON

Pharmacophagy and pharmacophory: mechanisms of self-medication and disease prevention in the honeybee colony (Apis mellifera)

(2015) Silvio Erler et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Caffeinated Forage Tricks Honeybees into Increasing Foraging and Recruitment Behaviors

(2015) Margaret J. Couvillon et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

On the study of plant defence and herbivory using comparative approaches: how important are secondary plant compounds

(2015) Anurag A. Agrawal et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Nectar chemistry modulates the impact of an invasive plant on native pollinators

(2015) Erin Jo Tiedeken et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Southern Monarchs do not Develop Learned Preferences for Flowers With Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids

(2015) Marina Vasconcelos de Oliveira et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Spatiotemporal Coding of Individual Chemicals by the Gustatory System

(2015) S. Reiter et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides

(2015) Sébastien C. Kessler et al.   NATURE

Secondary metabolites in floral nectar reduce parasite infections in bumblebees

(2015) L. L. Richardson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Comparative floral spur anatomy and nectar secretion in four representatives of Ranunculaceae

(2015) Sebastian Antoń et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Gut microbiota mediate caffeine detoxification in the primary insect pest of coffee

(2015) Javier A. Ceja-Navarro et al.   Nature Communications

Pyridine-type alkaloid composition affects bacterial community composition of floral nectar

(2015) Yana Aizenberg-Gershtein et al.   Scientific Reports

Detoxification mechanisms of honey bees (Apis mellifera) resulting in tolerance of dietary nicotine

(2015) Esther E. du Rand et al.   Scientific Reports

The chemical ecology of plant-pollinator interactions: recent advances and future directions

(2015) Amy L Parachnowitsch et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Xenobiotic detoxification pathways in honey bees

(2015) May R Berenbaum et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Yeasts in nectar enhance male fitness in a montane perennial herb

(2014) Robert N. Schaeffer et al.   ECOLOGY

Arranging the bouquet of disease: floral traits and the transmission of plant and animal pathogens

(2014) Scott H. McArt et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Secondary Compounds in Floral Rewards of Toxic Rangeland Plants: Impacts on Pollinators

(2014) Rebecca E. Irwin et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Immediate Effects of Nectar Robbing by Palestine Sunbirds (Nectarinia osea) on Nectar Alkaloid Concentrations in Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca)

(2014) Rainee L. Kaczorowski et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Herbivore Defence Compounds Occur in Pollen and Reduce Bumblebee Colony Fitness

(2014) Sarah E. J. Arnold et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Bumblebees are not deterred by ecologically relevant concentrations of nectar toxins

(2014) E. J. Tiedeken et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Resistance of developing honeybee larvae during chronic exposure to dietary nicotine

(2014) H. Human et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Nectar secretion requires sucrose phosphate synthases and the sugar transporter SWEET9

(2014) I Winnie Lin et al.   NATURE

Disease associations between honeybees and bumblebees as a threat to wild pollinators

(2014) M. A. Fürst et al.   NATURE

Ecological mechanisms for the coevolution of mating systems and defence

(2014) Stuart A. Campbell   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Adaptation to nicotine in the facultative tobacco-feeding hemipteranBemisia tabaci

(2014) Adi Kliot et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Comparison of Sugars, Iridoid Glycosides and Amino Acids in Nectar and Phloem Sap of Maurandya barclayana, Lophospermum erubescens, and Brassica napus

(2014) Gertrud Lohaus et al.   PLoS One

The Only African Wild Tobacco, Nicotiana africana: Alkaloid Content and the Effect of Herbivory

(2014) Danica Marlin et al.   PLoS One

Diversity of honey stores and their impact on pathogenic bacteria of the honeybee,Apis mellifera

(2014) Silvio Erler et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Norditerpene alkaloid concentrations in tissues and floral rewards of larkspurs and impacts on pollinators

(2013) Daniel Cook et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY

Natural variation in floral nectar proteins of two Nicotiana attenuata accessions

(2013) Pil Joon Seo et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

DoesAconitum septentrionalechemically protect floral rewards to the advantage of specialist bumblebees?

(2013) MATTHIAS GOSSELIN et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Bird pollinators differ in their tolerance of a nectar alkaloid

(2013) Sara Lerch-Henning et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Beyond nectar sweetness: the hidden ecological role of non-protein amino acids in nectar

(2013) Massimo Nepi   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Dose-dependent effects of nectar alkaloids in a montane plant-pollinator community

(2013) Jessamyn S. Manson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Gene amplification and microsatellite polymorphism underlie a recent insect host shift

(2013) C. Bass et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Honey constituents up-regulate detoxification and immunity genes in the western honey bee Apis mellifera

(2013) W. Mao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance

(2013) L. A. Garibaldi et al.   SCIENCE

Caffeine in Floral Nectar Enhances a Pollinator's Memory of Reward

(2013) G. A. Wright et al.   SCIENCE

Self-Medication in Animals

(2013) J. C. de Roode et al.   SCIENCE

Consumption of an acute dose of caffeine reduces acquisition but not memory in the honey bee

(2012) Julie A. Mustard et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Gut microbiota instead of host genotype drive the specificity in the interaction of a natural host-parasite system

(2012) Hauke Koch et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Reliance on pollinators predicts defensive chemistry across tobacco species

(2012) Lynn S. Adler et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Cardenolides in nectar may be more than a consequence of allocation to other plant parts: a phylogenetic study ofAsclepias

(2012) Jessamyn S. Manson et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Short-term proteomic dynamics reveal metabolic factory for active extrafloral nectar secretion byAcacia cornigeraant-plants

(2012) Domancar Orona-Tamayo et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Unpredictability of nectar nicotine promotes outcrossing by hummingbirds in Nicotiana attenuata

(2012) Danny Kessler et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Increased Resin Collection after Parasite Challenge: A Case of Self-Medication in Honey Bees?

(2012) Michael D. Simone-Finstrom et al.   PLoS One

Nectar bacteria, but not yeast, weaken a plant-pollinator mutualism

(2012) R. L. Vannette et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Honeybees and nectar nicotine: Deterrence and reduced survival versus potential health benefits

(2011) Angela Köhler et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Nectar alkaloids decrease pollination and female reproduction in a native plant

(2011) Lynn S. Adler et al.   OECOLOGIA

Phylogenetic relatedness predicts priority effects in nectar yeast communities

(2011) K. G. Peay et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Nectar: generation, regulation and ecological functions

(2011) Martin Heil   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Bacterial communities in floral nectar

(2011) Svetlana Fridman et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Parallel Reinforcement Pathways for Conditioned Food Aversions in the Honeybee

(2010) Geraldine A. Wright et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Can optimal defence theory be used to predict the distribution of plant chemical defences?

(2010) Andrew C. McCall et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Aversive Reinforcement Improves Visual Discrimination Learning in Free-Flying Honeybees

(2010) Aurore Avarguès-Weber et al.   PLoS One

Toxic but Drank: Gustatory Aversive Compounds Induce Post-ingestional Malaise in Harnessed Honeybees

(2010) Ainara Ayestaran et al.   PLoS One

Yeasts in floral nectar: a quantitative survey

(2009) Carlos M. Herrera et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

RESIN COLLECTION AND SOCIAL IMMUNITY IN HONEY BEES

(2009) Michael Simone et al.   EVOLUTION

The evolution of floral scent: the influence of olfactory learning by insect pollinators on the honest signalling of floral rewards

(2009) Geraldine A. Wright et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Feeding Deterrence and Detrimental Effects of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids Fed to Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

(2009) Annika Reinhard et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Biochemistry of Nectar Proteins

(2009) Sanggyu Park et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY

Consumption of a nectar alkaloid reduces pathogen load in bumble bees

(2009) Jessamyn S. Manson et al.   OECOLOGIA

Morphology of Nectaries and Biology of Nectar Production in the Distylous Species Fagopyrum esculentum

(2008) Valerie Cawoy et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The nectar alkaloid, gelsemine, does not affect offspring performance of a native solitary bee, Osmia lignaria (Megachilidae)

(2008) SUSAN E. ELLIOTT et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

INVISIBLE FLORAL LARCENIES: MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES DEGRADE FLORAL NECTAR OF BUMBLE BEE-POLLINATED PLANTS

(2008) Carlos M. Herrera et al.   ECOLOGY

Tolerance to fermentation products in sugar reception: gustatory adaptation of adult butterfly proboscis for feeding on rotting foods

(2008) Hisashi Ômura et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Sugar receptor response of the food-canal taste sensilla in a nectar-feeding swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus

(2008) Takashi A. Inoue et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Field Experiments with Transformed Plants Reveal the Sense of Floral Scents

(2008) D. Kessler et al.   SCIENCE

Antibacterial and antifungal activity of cicerfuran and related 2-arylbenzofurans and stilbenes

(2007) Shazia N. Aslam et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH