ArticlePNAS nexus2022
Synthetic fertilizers alter floral biophysical cues and bumblebee foraging behavior.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Weak anthropogenic electric fields affect honeybee foraging.iScience · 2025Article
- A Melissopalynologic dynamics appraisal revealed the strategic foraging adaptation of the honeybees (Heliyon · 2024Article
- Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- An analysis of time-varying dynamics in electrically sensitive arthropod hairs to understand real-world electrical sensing.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
- Static electricity passively attracts ticks onto hosts.Current biology : CB · 2023Article
- Fertilizer and herbicide alter nectar and pollen quality with consequences for pollinator floral choices.PeerJ · 2023Article
- Observed electric charge of insect swarms and their contribution to atmospheric electricity.iScience · 2022Article
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Abstract
The use of agrochemicals is increasingly recognized as interfering with pollination services due to its detrimental effects on pollinators. Compared to the relatively well-studied chemical toxicity of agrochemicals, little is known on how they influence various biophysical floral cues that are used by pollinating insects to identify floral rewards. Here, we show that widely used horticultural and agricultural synthetic fertilizers affect bumblebee foraging behavior by altering a complex set of interlinked biophysical properties of the flower. We provide empirical and model-based evidence that synthetic fertilizers recurrently alter the magnitude and dynamics of floral electrical cues, and that similar responses can be observed with the neonicotinoid pesticide imidacloprid. We show that biophysical responses interact in modifying floral electric fields and that such changes reduce bumblebee foraging, reflecting a perturbation in the sensory events experienced by bees during flower visitation. This unveils a previously unappreciated anthropogenic interference elicited by agrochemicals within the electric landscape that is likely relevant for a wide range of chemicals and organisms that rely on naturally occurring electric fields.
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