Chemical composition of diaspores of the myrmecochorous plant Stemona tuberosa Lour
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| 作者 | Chen, Gao1,2; Huang, Sheng-Zhuo3; Chen, Si-Chong4; Chen, Yu-Han5; Liu, Xu5; Sun, Wei-Bang1,2
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| 刊名 | BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY
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| 出版日期 | 2016-02-01 |
| 卷号 | 64页码:31-37 |
| 关键词 | Ant-plant interaction Elaiosomes Micronutrients Myrmecochory Oleic acid Seed dispersal Vespicochory |
| 英文摘要 | Diaspores of myrmecochorous plants often include nutrient rich elaiosomes, which are known as appendages of seeds to attract ants for seed dispersion. The benefits of myrmecochory were investigated thoroughly in previous studies, such as, the diaspores may be carried to the ant nests where the elaiosomes are consumed and the seeds are discarded unharmed. However, it remained unclear whether the secondary dispersers could shape the traits of diaspores in myrmecochory. In this study, we analyzed the nutritional quality of seeds and their corresponding elaiosomes of the myrmecochorous plant Stemona tuberosa (Stemonaceae), whose diaspores are dispersed by ants and/or hornets. Our results show significant differences in the quantitative pattern of nutrients between seeds and elaiosomes, respectively. The elaiosomes of S. tuberosa contain significantly higher concentration of proteins, free fatty acids, free amino acids, soluble carbohydrates, and micronutrients than the seeds. The low mass ratio of seed/elaiosomes in S. tuberosa compared to other myrmecochorous species imply that seed dispersal by hornets might be discriminated from seed dispersal by ants. In conclusion, we suggest that hornets and ants obtain the essential nutrients from the elaiosomes of S. tuberosa and these rewards contribute to shape the hornet/ant-plant mutualism. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| 类目[WOS] | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology |
| 研究领域[WOS] | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology |
| 关键词[WOS] | SEED DISPERSAL ; SOLENOPSIS-INVICTA ; ELAIOSOME SIZE ; MYRMICA-RUBRA ; ANT COLONY ; FIRE ANT ; EVOLUTION ; PREFERENCES ; BENEFITS ; BEHAVIOR |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000370891300005 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/25979]  |
| 专题 | 昆明植物研究所_资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming Bot Garden, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Plant Divers & Biogeog East Asia, Kunming 650204, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Inst Trop Biosci & Biotechnol, Haikou 571101, Peoples R China 4.Univ New S Wales, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Evolut & Ecol Res Ctr, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia 5.Chongqing Inst Med Plant Cultivat, Chongqing 408435, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chen, Gao,Huang, Sheng-Zhuo,Chen, Si-Chong,et al. Chemical composition of diaspores of the myrmecochorous plant Stemona tuberosa Lour[J]. BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY,2016,64:31-37. |
| APA | Chen, Gao,Huang, Sheng-Zhuo,Chen, Si-Chong,Chen, Yu-Han,Liu, Xu,&Sun, Wei-Bang.(2016).Chemical composition of diaspores of the myrmecochorous plant Stemona tuberosa Lour.BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY,64,31-37. |
| MLA | Chen, Gao,et al."Chemical composition of diaspores of the myrmecochorous plant Stemona tuberosa Lour".BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY 64(2016):31-37. |
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