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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Attractive Floral Traits"”.
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Moth pollination, low seed set, and vestigialization of attractive floral traits in Abronia umbellata (Nyctaginaceae)
… Pollination syndromes are collections of floral traits (e.g. flower colour, shape, odour) that are associated with a plant attracting particular functional groups of animal pollinators. We explored the extent to which traits associated with the moth pollination syndrome translated into …
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The Evolutionary Dynamics of Conflicts of Interest in Plant Mating Systems
… matched by the diversity of mating systems and floral traits they exhibit. Since Darwin evolutionary biologists have been fascinated by this diversity and worked to explain and understand it. In this thesis I focus on aspects of the diversity in plant reproductive biology that is driven by …
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Exploring strategies to enhance pollination and yield in the field bean, Vicia faba L.
… imperative that more is done to understand how floral traits of <i>V. faba</i> may be used to improve crop yield through pollinator attraction. In this project, novel variation has been identified between commercial lines of <i>V. faba</i> in reward, attraction, and access traits. Using this …