Front Cover: Biosynthetic and Functional Color–Scent Associations in Flowers of Papaver nudicaule and Their Impact on Pollinators (ChemBioChem 14/2018)

The front cover picture shows that the yellow blooming cultivar of the Iceland poppy (Papaver nudicaule) presents a particular combination of color and scent that can help pollinators distinguish them from other color varieties. Our study indicates that the indole moiety of the yellow flower pigment...

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Published in:Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 2018-07, Vol.19 (14), p.1461-1461
Main Authors: Martínez‐Harms, Jaime, Warskulat, Anne‐Christin, Dudek, Bettina, Kunert, Grit, Lorenz, Sybille, Hansson, Bill S., Schneider, Bernd
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
alkaloids
biosynthesis
color–scent associations
natural products
volatile organic compounds
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Summary:The front cover picture shows that the yellow blooming cultivar of the Iceland poppy (Papaver nudicaule) presents a particular combination of color and scent that can help pollinators distinguish them from other color varieties. Our study indicates that the indole moiety of the yellow flower pigments, the nudicaulins, and the volatile indole emitted by these flowers, are products of the same biochemical pathway. Behavioral experiments revealed that honeybees trained to stimuli providing combinations of color and odor showed an improved discrimination performance compared to honeybees trained to odor alone. We propose that conserved biosynthetic pathways account for the evolution of color–scent associations in P. nudicaule and that these associations can help pollinators to “find the right flowers”. More information can be found in the full paper by J. Martínez‐Harms, B. Schneider, et al. on page 1553 in Issue 14, 2018 (DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800155).
ISSN:1439-4227
1439-7633
DOI:10.1002/cbic.201800327