Frontiers in Plant Science (Aug 2021)
Humans Share More Preferences for Floral Phenotypes With Pollinators Than With Pests
- Victoria Ruiz-Hernández,
- Victoria Ruiz-Hernández,
- Victoria Ruiz-Hernández,
- Victoria Ruiz-Hernández,
- Lize Joubert,
- Lize Joubert,
- Amador Rodríguez-Gómez,
- Amador Rodríguez-Gómez,
- Silvia Artuso,
- Jonathan G. Pattrick,
- Jonathan G. Pattrick,
- Perla A. Gómez,
- Sarah Eckerstorfer,
- Sarah Sophie Brandauer,
- Carolina G. I. Trcka-Rojas,
- Luis Martínez-Reina,
- Josh Booth,
- Alex Lau-Zhu,
- Alex Lau-Zhu,
- Julia Weiss,
- Julia Weiss,
- Pablo Bielza,
- Pablo Bielza,
- Beverley J. Glover,
- Robert R. Junker,
- Robert R. Junker,
- Marcos Egea-Cortines,
- Marcos Egea-Cortines
Affiliations
- Victoria Ruiz-Hernández
- Institute of Plant Biotechnology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Edificio I+D+I, Campus Muralla del Mar, Cartagena, Spain
- Victoria Ruiz-Hernández
- Departamento de Ingeniería Agronómica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
- Victoria Ruiz-Hernández
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Victoria Ruiz-Hernández
- Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Lize Joubert
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Lize Joubert
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Amador Rodríguez-Gómez
- Institute of Plant Biotechnology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Edificio I+D+I, Campus Muralla del Mar, Cartagena, Spain
- Amador Rodríguez-Gómez
- Departamento de Ingeniería Agronómica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
- Silvia Artuso
- Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Jonathan G. Pattrick
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Jonathan G. Pattrick
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Perla A. Gómez
- Institute of Plant Biotechnology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Edificio I+D+I, Campus Muralla del Mar, Cartagena, Spain
- Sarah Eckerstorfer
- Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Sarah Sophie Brandauer
- Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Carolina G. I. Trcka-Rojas
- Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Luis Martínez-Reina
- Departamento de Arquitectura y Tecnología de la Edificación, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura y Edificación, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
- Josh Booth
- Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Alex Lau-Zhu
- Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Alex Lau-Zhu
- 0Division of Psychiatry, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Julia Weiss
- Institute of Plant Biotechnology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Edificio I+D+I, Campus Muralla del Mar, Cartagena, Spain
- Julia Weiss
- Departamento de Ingeniería Agronómica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
- Pablo Bielza
- Institute of Plant Biotechnology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Edificio I+D+I, Campus Muralla del Mar, Cartagena, Spain
- Pablo Bielza
- Departamento de Ingeniería Agronómica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
- Beverley J. Glover
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Robert R. Junker
- Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Robert R. Junker
- 1Evolutionary Ecology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Marcos Egea-Cortines
- Institute of Plant Biotechnology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Edificio I+D+I, Campus Muralla del Mar, Cartagena, Spain
- Marcos Egea-Cortines
- Departamento de Ingeniería Agronómica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.647347
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12
Abstract
Studies on the selection of floral traits usually consider pollinators and sometimes herbivores. However, humans also exert selection on floral traits of ornamental plants. We compared the preferences of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris), thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis), and humans for flowers of snapdragon. From a cross of two species, Antirrhinum majus and Antirrhinum linkianum, we selected four Recombinant Inbred Lines (RILs). We characterised scent emission from whole flowers and stamens, pollen content and viability, trichome density, floral shape, size and colour of floral parts. We tested the preferences of bumblebees, thrips, and humans for whole flowers, floral scent bouquets, stamen scent, and individual scent compounds. Humans and bumblebees showed preferences for parental species, whereas thrips preferred RILs. Colour and floral scent, in combination with other floral traits, seem relevant phenotypes for all organisms. Remarkably, visual traits override scent cues for bumblebees, although, scent is an important trait when bumblebees cannot see the flowers, and methyl benzoate was identified as a key attractant for them. The evolutionary trajectory of flowers is the result of multiple floral traits interacting with different organisms with different habits and modes of interaction.
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