期刊
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 203, 期 4, 页码 1109-1118出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12856
关键词
Bradysia; floral scent; Himalayas; mutualism; pollination; Rheum nobile; seed consumption
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [40930209, 31061160184, 31100179, 31200184]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB03030112, 2011312D11022]
- CAS/SAFEA
- Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province [2011FB102]
- Western Light Talent Culture Project [2014312D11015]
Pollinating seed-consuming mutualisms are regarded as exemplary models for studying coevolution, but they are extremely rare. In these systems, olfactory cues have been thought to play an important role in facilitating encounters between partners. We present a new pollinating seed-consuming mutualism from the high Himalayas between the endemic herb, Rheum nobile, and a fly fungus gnat, Bradysia sp. Seed production resulting from pollination by Bradysia flies and seed consumption by their larvae were measured to determine the outcome of this interaction. Floral scent analyses and behavioural tests were conducted to investigate the role of olfactory cues in pollinator attraction. Rheum nobile is self-compatible, but it depends mainly on Bradysia sp. females for pollination. Seed production resulting from pollination by adult flies is substantially higher than subsequent seed consumption by their larvae. Behavioural tests showed that an unusual floral compound, 2-methyl butyric acid methyl ester, emitted by plants only during anthesis, was attractive to female flies. Our results indicate that the R. nobile-Bradysia sp. interaction represents a new pollinating seed-consuming mutualism, and that a single unusual compound is the specific signal in the floral scent of R. nobile that plays a key role in attracting its pollinator.
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