Chanam, Joyshree ; Kasinathan, Srinivasan ; Pramanik, Gautam K. ; Jagdeesh, Amaraja ; Joshi, Kanchan A. ; Borges, Renee M. (2014) Foliar Extrafloral Nectar ofHumboldtia brunonis(Fabaceae), a Paleotropic Ant-plant, is Richer than Phloem Sap and More Attractive than Honeydew Biotropica, 47 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 0006-3606
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12185
Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.12185
Abstract
The ant-plant Humboldtia brunonis secretes extrafloral nectar (EFN) despite the lack of antiherbivore protection from most ants. EFN was richer in composition than phloem sap and honeydew from untended Hemiptera on the plant, suggesting that EFN could potentially distract ants from honeydew, since ants rarely tended Hemiptera on this plant.
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