Sex Lives of Plants May Be Improved By Two Different Chemicals Produced By Flowers
Posted in Flowering, Secondary Compounds on Sep 5th, 2008
Sex. Animals do it. And plants do it, too. To enhance sex (cross-pollination), the flowers of some plants not only produce chemical pigments (colors) and sugary nectar to attract pollinators, but also volatile chemicals (scents) to do the same. In addition to these chemical attractants, flowers may also produce chemical repellents, such as nicotine (see [...]
