Pollination potential of thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) in some Solanaceous plants

Velayudhan, Raman; Annadurai, R. S.

doi:10.1007/bf03179364

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“…We observed over 200 Thysanoptera individuals present in L. nipomensis flowers (Table 1). Thysanoptera have been known to pollinate members of several angiosperm families, including fabaceous plants (Varatharajan et al, 2016;Velayudhan & Annadurai, 1986). Individuals of Thysanoptera we found within L. nipomensis inflorescences were observed to have pollen attached to their body (Appendix S2).…”

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Plant–arthropod interactions of an endangered California lupine

Motta

Luong

Seltmann

2022

Ecology and Evolution

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The reintroduction of endangered plant species is an essential conservation tool. Reintroductions can fail to create resilient, self‐sustaining populations due to a poor understanding of environmental factors that limit or promote plant success. Biotic factors, specifically plant–arthropod interactions, have been shown to affect the establishment of endangered plant populations. Lupinus nipomensis (Nipomo Mesa lupine) is a state of California (California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1) and federally (65 FR 14888) endangered endemic plant with only one extant population located along the central California coast. How arthropods positively or negatively interact with L. nipomensis is not well known and more information could aid conservation efforts. We conducted arthropod surveys of the entire L. nipomensis extant population in spring 2017. Observed arthropods present on L. nipomensis included 17 families, with a majority of individuals belonging to Thripidae. We did not detect any obvious pollinators of L. nipomensis, providing support for previous studies suggesting this lupine is capable of self‐pollinating, and observed several arthropod genera that could potentially impact the reproductive success of L. nipomensis via incidental pollination or plant predation.

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“…nipomensis flowers (Table 1). Thysanoptera have been known to pollinate members of several angiosperm families, including fabaceous plants (Varatharajan et al, 2016; Velayudhan & Annadurai, 1986). Individuals of Thysanoptera we found within L .…”

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confidence: 99%

Plant–arthropod interactions of an endangered California lupine

Motta

Luong

Seltmann

2022

Ecology and Evolution

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“…While wind probably contributed to the pollination of A. pseudoplatanus (Hesse 1979), Tal (2009) highlighted that wind pollination had been previously inferred on the basis that pollination still occurred after exclusion of insects with nets of 1 mm mesh size (Binggeli 1992), an aperture size that would not exclude thrips. Although pollen deposition by non-bee pollinators is often recorded lower than bees, high visitation frequency as occurs with thrips can reduce this deficit (Rader et al 2016), with some species capable of carrying > 100 grains per insect (Ananthakrishnan 1982;Velayudhan and Annadurai 1986). Thrips often forage at night (Kirk 1997), leaving flowers as ambient temperature rises by day.…”

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confidence: 99%