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Metabolomic analysis of pollen from honey bee hives and from canola flowers
H S Arathi1, L Bjostad2, E Bernklau2
1Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA. arathi@colostate.edu.
Background And Aims:
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.
Methods:
We performed a metabolomics assay of canola flower pollen and beehive pollen.
Results And Discussion:
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.
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