• Importance of biotic pollination varies across common bean cultivars 

    Franceschinelli, Edivani V.; Ribeiro, Paula L. M.; Mesquita-Neto, José N.; Bergamini, Leonardo L.; Madureira de Assis, Igor; Elias, Marcos A. S.; Fernandes, Paulo M.; Carvalheiro, Luísa G. (2022)
    Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) flowers are morphologically adapted to biotic pollination, although it is partially autogamous. We evaluated the effect of pollinator visits on pod and seed production of 14 local creole ...

  • Minimum size threshold of visiting bees of a buzz-pollinated plant species: consequences for pollination efficiency 

    Mesquita-Neto, José N.; Vieira, Ana Luisa C.; Schlindwein, Clemens (2021)
    Premise: Flowering plants with poricidal anthers are commonly visited by buzzing bees, which vibrate flowers to extract pollen. However, not all flower visitors are in fact pollinators, and features such as body size and ...