Pollinator-mediated interactions between cultivated papaya and co-flowering plant species.

ABSTRACT: Many modern crop varieties rely on animal pollination to set fruit and seeds. Intensive crop plantations usually do not provide suitable habitats for pollinators so crop yield may depend on the surrounding vegetation to maintain pollination services. However, little is known about the effect of pollinator-mediated interactions among co-flowering plants on crop yield or the underlying mechanisms. Plant reproductive success is complex, involving several pre- and post-pollination events; however, the current literature has mainly focused on pre-pollination events in natural plant communities. We assessed pollinator sharing and the contribution to pollinator diet in a community of wild and cultivated plants that co-flower with a focal papaya plantation. In addition, we assessed heterospecific

SUBMITTER: Badillo-Montano R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6342130 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature