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SUBMITTER: LoCascio GM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502360 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
LoCascio George M GM Aguirre Luis L Irwin Rebecca E RE Adler Lynn S LS
Royal Society open science 20190403 4
Pathogens are one of the factors driving pollinator declines. Diet can play an important role in mediating pollinator health and resistance to pathogens. Sunflower pollen (<i>Helianthus annuus</i>) dramatically reduced a gut pathogen (<i>Crithidia bombi</i>) of <i>Bombus impatiens</i> previously, but the breadth of this effect was unknown. We tested whether pollen from nine <i>H. annuus</i> cultivars, four wild <i>H. annuus</i> populations, <i>H. petiolarus, H. argophyllus</i> and two <i>Solidag ...[more]