Nectar bacteria affect life history of a generalist aphid parasitoid by altering nectar chemistry

Impact of microbial communities on floral nectar chemistry: Potential implications for biological control of pest insects

(2016) Marijke Lenaerts et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

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

(2016) Rachel L. Vannette et al.   ECOLOGY

Consequences of a nectar yeast for pollinator preference and performance

(2016) Robert N. Schaeffer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Nectar accessibility determines fitness, flower choice and abundance of hoverflies that provide natural pest control

(2016) Paul C. J. van Rijn et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Adult Parasitoids of Honeydew-Producing Insects Prefer Honeydew Sugars to Cover their Energetic Needs

(2016) Marijke Lenaerts et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Density-dependent negative responses by bumblebees to bacteria isolated from flowers

(2014) Robert R. Junker et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Large-Scale Selection and Breeding To Generate Industrial Yeasts with Superior Aroma Production

(2014) Jan Steensels et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Yeasts in nectar enhance male fitness in a montane perennial herb

(2014) Robert N. Schaeffer et al.   ECOLOGY

Microbiology of sugar-rich environments: diversity, ecology and system constraints

(2014) Bart Lievens et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

An acquired distaste: sugar discrimination by the larval parasitoid Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is affected by prior sugar exposure

(2014) J. K. Makatiani et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Honey Bees Avoid Nectar Colonized by Three Bacterial Species, But Not by a Yeast Species, Isolated from the Bee Gut

(2014) Ashley P. Good et al.   PLoS One

Nectar Yeasts in the Tall Larkspur Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae) and Effects on Components of Pollinator Foraging Behavior

(2014) Robert N. Schaeffer et al.   PLoS One

Rosenbergiella australoborealis sp. nov., Rosenbergiella collisarenosi sp. nov. and Rosenbergiella epipactidis sp. nov., three novel bacterial species isolated from floral nectar

(2014) Marijke Lenaerts et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

The Fungal Aroma Gene ATF1 Promotes Dispersal of Yeast Cells through Insect Vectors

(2014) Joaquin F. Christiaens et al.   Cell Reports

Historical contingency in species interactions: towards niche-based predictions

(2013) Rachel L. Vannette et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Rosenbergiella nectarea gen. nov., sp. nov., in the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from floral nectar

(2013) M. Halpern et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial Volatile Emissions as Insect Semiochemicals

(2013) Thomas Seth Davis et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

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

(2013) Massimo Nepi   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Micro-organisms behind the pollination scenes: microbial imprint on floral nectar sugar variation in a tropical plant community

(2012) A. Canto et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Yeasts in nectar of an early-blooming herb: sought by bumble bees, detrimental to plant fecundity

(2012) Carlos M. Herrera et al.   ECOLOGY

Zooming-in on floral nectar: a first exploration of nectar-associated bacteria in wild plant communities

(2012) Sergio Álvarez-Pérez et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

“This is not an Apple”–Yeast Mutualism in Codling Moth

(2012) Peter Witzgall et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake

(2011) Joop C. van Lenteren   BIOCONTROL

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

Nectar yeasts warm the flowers of a winter-blooming plant

(2010) C. M. Herrera et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Yeasts in floral nectar: a quantitative survey

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

Extraordinarily widespread and fantastically complex: comparative biology of endosymbiotic bacterial and fungal mutualists of insects

(2009) Cara M. Gibson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Asaia, a versatile acetic acid bacterial symbiont, capable of cross-colonizing insects of phylogenetically distant genera and orders

(2009) Elena Crotti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Yeasts in floral nectar of some South African plants: Quantification and associations with pollinator type and sugar concentration

(2009) Clara de Vega et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Pollinator foraging modifies nectar sugar composition in Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae):An experimental test

(2008) Azucena Canto et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Maximizing ecosystem services from conservation biological control: The role of habitat management

(2008) Anna K. Fiedler et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

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

(2008) Carlos M. Herrera et al.   ECOLOGY