Seed treatment with clothianidin induces changes in plant metabolism and alters pollinator foraging preferences.

ABSTRACT: Neonicotinoids, systemic insecticides that are distributed into all plant tissues and protect against pests, have become a common part of crop production, but can unintentionally also affect non-target organisms, including pollinators. Such effects can be direct effects from insecticide exposure, but neonicotinoids can affect plant physiology, and effects could therefore also be indirectly mediated by changes in plant phenology, attractiveness and nutritional value. Under controlled greenhouse conditions, we tested if seed treatment with the neonicotinoid clothianidin affected oilseed rape's production of flower resources for bees and the content of the secondary plant products glucosinolates that provide defense against herbivores. Additionally, we tested if seed treatment affected the at

SUBMITTER: Klatt BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10724316 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature