Relative role of flower color and scent on pollinator attraction: Experimental tests using F1 and F2 hybrids of daylily and nightlily

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hirota, Shun K ^a   Nitta, Kozue ^a   Kim, Yuni ^b   Kato, Aya ^b   Kawakubo, Nobumitsu ^b   Yasumoto, Akiko A ^a   Yahara, Tetsukazu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURNAL SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOWER; FLOWER COLOR; FLOWER SCENT; FLOWERING; HEMEROCALLIS; HEMEROCALLIS CITRINA; HEMEROCALLIS FULVA; HYBRID; INSECT; NOCTURNAL HAWKMOTH; NONHUMAN; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POLLINATOR ATTRACTION; SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY;

COLOR; FLOWERS; HEMEROCALLIS; ODORS; POLLEN;

EID: 84862503657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039010     Document Type: Article

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