What is it about?

Kiwifruit flowers have more hydrocarbons than most flowers. Honeybees and bumble bee attraction to these compounds is different to these compounds.

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Why is it important?

Understanding the basis of pollination will ensure its sustainability.

Perspectives

Maybe some of the floral hydrocarbons are implicated in honey bee communication ?

Professor David Maxwell Suckling
University of Auckland

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This page is a summary of: Identification of Floral Volatiles and Pollinator Responses in Kiwifruit Cultivars, Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis, Journal of Chemical Ecology, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-018-0936-2.
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