Peach Daniel A H
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2024 Apr 1;2024(4):108302. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot108302.
Adult mosquitoes, sometimes in vast numbers, visit flowers in their search for floral nectar. However, the ability of mosquitoes to pollinate the flowers they visit is often neglected and sometimes even presumptively dismissed. Despite this, mosquito pollination has been reported in many instances, although many questions linger about its extent, importance, and the breadth of floral species or mosquito species which may be involved. In this protocol, I describe methodology to assess whether mosquitoes pollinate a flowering plant they visit, which can create a foundation for future investigations into this topic.
成年蚊子有时会大量聚集在花朵上，寻找花蜜。然而，蚊子为其所访花朵授粉的能力常常被忽视，有时甚至被臆断为不存在。尽管如此，已有许多关于蚊子授粉的报道，不过，关于其范围、重要性以及可能涉及的花卉种类或蚊子种类的广度，仍存在许多问题。在本方案中，我描述了评估蚊子是否会为其所访开花植物授粉的方法，这可为今后对该主题的研究奠定基础。
