Pathogen-induced changes in floral scent may increase honeybee-mediated dispersal of Erwinia amylovora

• Published in: The ISME Journal Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 847 - 859
• Main Authors: Cellini, Antonio, Giacomuzzi, Valentino, Donati, Irene, Farneti, Brian, Rodriguez-Estrada, Maria T., Savioli, Stefano, Angeli, Sergio, Spinelli, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2019; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: 631/326/41/2531; 631/449/2668; Animals; Apis mellifera; Apples; Bacteria; Bees; Bioactive compounds; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Blight; Dispersal; Dispersion; Ecological effects; Ecology; Erwinia amylovora; Erwinia amylovora - physiology; Evolutionary Biology; Flowering; Flowers; Flowers - physiology; Life Sciences; Malus - physiology; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Odorants; Pathogens; Plant diseases; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plant Nectar - chemistry; Plant reproduction; Plants (botany); Pollen; Pollen - chemistry; Pollinators; Volatile compounds; Volatile Organic Compounds - chemistry

Honeybees are well recognised for their key role in plant reproduction as pollinators. On the other hand, their activity may vector some pathogens, such as the bacterium Erwinia amylovora , the causative agent of fire blight disease in pomaceous plants. In this research, we evaluated whether honeybe...