By engineering the petal colour one of the major OSR pest can be controlled: The pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus responds to coloured stimuli. Red flowers were less heavily infested compared to white, yellow, and blue flowers check out --> https://t.co/
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Wondr if the #dye changedL 1. Concealed attarctant #volatiles. 2. Created a #dispelling odor 3.Messed up the plant's #stress responses by releasing #repellants 4. Texture changes to petals & not just cisual #confusion All guesses w/o reading #manus
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RT @plantae_org: Does yellow/white canola petal colour really attract pollen beetles? Cook et al. (Arthropod-Plant Interactions (2013) 7:24…
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RT @plantae_org: Does yellow/white canola petal colour really attract pollen beetles? Cook et al. (Arthropod-Plant Interactions (2013) 7:24…