The Southwest Australian Biodiversity Hotspot contains an exceptionally diverse flora on an ancient, low-relief but edaphically diverse landscape. Since European colonization, the primary threat to the flora has been habitat clearance, though climate change is an impending threat. Here, we review (i) the ecology of nectarivores and biotic pollination systems in the region, (ii) the evidence tha...

To inspire new ideas in research on pollination ecology, we list the most important unanswered questions in the field. This list was drawn up by contacting 170 scientists from different areas of pollination ecology and asking them to contribute their opinion on the greatest knowledge gaps that need to be addressed. Almost 40% of them took part in our email poll and we received more than 650 que...

Pollination is an ecosystem service that is essential to support the production of a wide range of crops. The service is increasingly under threat, as a consequence of among others habitat loss of pollinators and increasing use of pesticides. In order to support maintaining the pollination service in agriculture, there is a need to better understand the economic value generated by the pollinati...

Pollination is a crucial stage in plant reproductive process. The self-compatibility (SC) and self-incompatibility (SI) mechanisms determined the plant genetic diversity and species survival. D. chrysanthum is a highly valued ornamental and traditional herbal orchid in Asia but has been declared endangered. The sexual reproduction in D. chrysanthum relies on the compatibility of pollination. To...

From the biology's point of view, pollination is an important step in the reproduction of seed plants. From the software engineer's view, pollination may evolve to a promising, biologically inspired paradigm for future, selfmanaging computing systems. This estimation is based on the self-* properties implied inherently by the pollination process between plants and insects. To exploit these char...

to determine the effects of different pollen types and suitable pollination time in medjhol date palm, an experiment was carried out with three pollen cultivars: ghaname, vardy and samesmave and two pollination times (1-3 days before or after spathe opening) during 2010-2011 in date palm and tropical fruit research institute in ahwaz. the results showed that the vardy pollen had the most signif...

Opisthopappus is a perennial, endemic herb of the Taihang Mountains in China. Two species this genus (O. longilobus and O. taihangensis) are important wild genetic resources for Asteraceae; however, their reproductive biology has been lacking until now. This study first detailed report on breeding systems two species. Through field observations, floral syndromes taihangensis were found to posse...

Objective: In this study, the effect of interspecific and intraspecific hybridization on seed germination pitaya was investigated. Material Methods: Self-infertile 'Bloody Mary' (Hylocereus polyrhizus) used as maternal parent 'Cosmic Charlie' undatus), 'Red Jaina' 'White undatus) were pollinators in study. Flowers pollinated at three different times (10: 00 pm, 00: am, 06.00 am). After pollinat...

The mating system of plants widely distributed can change in native range but also non-native habitats. Oenothera drummondii, to the coastal dunes Gulf Mexico, has been introduced Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Hand self- cross-pollination were performed determine compatibility compare fruit set, weight, seed set germination characteristics from natives non-natives populations a comprehensiv...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Abiotic pollination by wind or water is well established in flowering plants. In some species pollination by rain splashes, a condition known as ombrophily, has been proposed as a floral strategy. However, evidence for this type of abiotic pollination has remained controversial and many reported cases have subsequently been shown to be false. This study investigates ombrophi...