Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2024 Apr 1;2024(4):107666. doi: 10.1101/pdb.top107666.
The interactions between mosquitoes and plants and, particularly, between mosquitoes and plant sugars from flowers and other structures are often overlooked and are vastly underresearched compared to mosquito-vertebrate or mosquito-pathogen interactions. Given the importance of mosquito nectar-feeding behavior, as well as its impact on vectorial capacity and its implications for vector suppression, a better understanding of mosquito-plant interactions is needed. Direct observation of mosquitoes visiting plants to obtain sugar and other nutrients can be difficult because females may leave flowers to seek a blood meal from the observer, but this can be overcome with the right experimental procedures. This article discusses methods for the detection of sugar in mosquitoes and for assessing mosquito pollination.
蚊子与植物之间的相互作用，特别是蚊子与花和其他结构中的植物糖之间的相互作用，往往被忽视，与蚊子与脊椎动物或蚊子与病原体的相互作用相比，研究得很少。鉴于蚊子吸食花蜜行为的重要性，以及它对病媒传播能力的影响及其对病媒抑制的意义，需要更好地了解蚊子与植物的相互作用。直接观察蚊子访问植物以获取糖和其他营养物质可能很困难，因为雌性蚊子可能会离开花朵，然后从观察者那里吸血，但通过正确的实验程序可以克服这一问题。本文讨论了检测蚊子中糖的方法以及评估蚊子授粉的方法。
