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Chuan Zhang1, Hui-Hui Feng1,2, Ya-Lei Liu1
1Institute of Evolution and Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
|July 2, 2024
Abstract:
Toxicity tests on tea-oil Camellia flowers (Camellia oleifera) indicated that its pollen harmed honeybee larvae significantly more than pollen from oilseed rape (Brassica napus) flowers. The C. oleifera pollen contained high levels of the toxic triterpenoid theasaponin, which was undetectable in nectar.
