Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
Metabolomics. 2018 Jun 12;14(6):86. doi: 10.1007/s11306-018-1381-5.
Pollen is essential for successful plant reproduction and critical for plant-pollinator mutualisms, as pollen is essential larval nutrition. However, we understand very little about the chemical constituents of pollen leading us to this exploratory study characterizing plant and beehive pollen.
We performed a metabolomics assay of canola flower pollen and beehive pollen.
The metabolome of canola pollen is affected by irrigation showing differences in lipids and non-polar secondary metabolites. Metabolome of beehive pollen is affected by plant source showing differences in pentose sugars, myo-inositol and furanose. Further research is needed to document the nutritional bases of plant-pollinator mutualism.
花粉对植物成功繁殖至关重要,也是植物-传粉者共生关系的关键,因为花粉是幼虫的重要营养来源。然而,我们对导致我们进行这项探索性研究的花粉的化学成分知之甚少,以描述植物和蜂箱花粉。
我们对油菜花粉和蜂箱花粉进行了代谢组学分析。
灌溉对油菜花粉的代谢组有影响,表现为脂质和非极性次生代谢物的差异。蜂箱花粉的代谢组受植物来源的影响,表现在戊糖、肌醇和呋喃糖上的差异。需要进一步的研究来记录植物-传粉者共生关系的营养基础。