title: Pollination: the price of attraction.
abstract: Nectar is the major currency bringing together plants and pollinators; yet the costs and benefits of nectar production remain poorly understood. A low nectar line developed in Petunia offers an innovative approach to this problem and may offer clues to why some plants cheat and secure pollination via deception.
authors.affiliation: Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: Ryan D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Rod
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peakall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D018402:Manduca / Q000502:physiology*; D032306:Petunia / Q000502:physiology*; D057048:Plant Nectar / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D054817:Pollination; D012639:Seeds / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D057048:Plant Nectar