Nectar and pollination drops: How different are they?

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-219

  Nepi, Massimo ^a   Von Aderkas, Patrick ^b   Wagner, Rebecca ^b   Mugnaini, Serena ^a   Coulter, Andrea ^b   Pacini, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Gymnosperms; Nectar; Ovular secretion; Plant reproduction; Plant animal interaction; Pollination drop; Proteins; Sugars

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER; GYMNOSPERM; NECTAR; NUTRITION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POLLINATION; PROTEOMICS; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION; SUGAR;

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWER; GYMNOSPERM; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; REVIEW;

ANGIOSPERMS; FLOWERS; GYMNOSPERMS; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; GNETALES; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 68349155625     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp124     Document Type: Review

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