TY  - CONF
AU  - Vuleta, Ana
AU  - Hočevar, Katarina
AU  - Manitašević Jovanović, Sanja
AU  - Raičević, Jovana
AU  - Plećaš, Milan
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5048
AB  - Nearly all botanists give pollinators credit for the remarkable diversity of flower color, shapes
and sizes observed in nature. However, an increasing number of studies suggests that floral selection is a more pluralistic process, involving not only pollinators but also herbivores and factors
of the plant’s abiotic environment. To estimate Iris pumila pollinator and florivore diversity in a
common garden of Institute for Biological Research in Belgrade, we used a pan trap approach.
Since I. pumila displays a variety of flower color phenotypes ranging from white and yellow to
various shades of purple and blue, we painted the traps in fluorescent purple, blue and yellow. A
total of 391 insects were collected and identifed to family or genus level. In general, insects were
mostly attracted to yellow traps compared to blue and purple ones (69.3%, 19.7% and 11.0%, respectively). The most numerous potential I. pumila pollinators were bees (Anthophila) (89.8%) with
predominantly genus Halictus, while sawflies (Tenthredinidae) were signifcantly less represented
(10.2%) with only genus Athalia. As potential florivores, beetles Tropinota hirta (Scarabaeidae) and
Meligethes sp. (Nitidulidae) were identifed and all individuals were caught in yellow traps, while
specimens of other species from Nitidulidae family were found only in the blue traps. Both pollinators and florivores showed pronounced afnity towards yellow traps, indicating that in the case
of I. pumila insects have potential to be agents of floral selection. Nevertheless, it is necessary to
evaluate pollinator and florivore diversity and their color preferences in I. pumila natural habitat.
PB  - Belgrade: Serbian Plant Physiology Society
C3  - 4th International Conference on Plant Biology [and] 23rd SPPS Meeting; 2022 Oct 6-8; Belgrade, Serbia
T1  - Assessment of Iris pumila L. pollinator and florivore diversity in a common garden: a pan-trap experiment
SP  - 142
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5048
ER  - 

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author = "Vuleta, Ana and Hočevar, Katarina and Manitašević Jovanović, Sanja and Raičević, Jovana and Plećaš, Milan",
year = "2022",
abstract = "Nearly all botanists give pollinators credit for the remarkable diversity of flower color, shapes
and sizes observed in nature. However, an increasing number of studies suggests that floral selection is a more pluralistic process, involving not only pollinators but also herbivores and factors
of the plant’s abiotic environment. To estimate Iris pumila pollinator and florivore diversity in a
common garden of Institute for Biological Research in Belgrade, we used a pan trap approach.
Since I. pumila displays a variety of flower color phenotypes ranging from white and yellow to
various shades of purple and blue, we painted the traps in fluorescent purple, blue and yellow. A
total of 391 insects were collected and identifed to family or genus level. In general, insects were
mostly attracted to yellow traps compared to blue and purple ones (69.3%, 19.7% and 11.0%, respectively). The most numerous potential I. pumila pollinators were bees (Anthophila) (89.8%) with
predominantly genus Halictus, while sawflies (Tenthredinidae) were signifcantly less represented
(10.2%) with only genus Athalia. As potential florivores, beetles Tropinota hirta (Scarabaeidae) and
Meligethes sp. (Nitidulidae) were identifed and all individuals were caught in yellow traps, while
specimens of other species from Nitidulidae family were found only in the blue traps. Both pollinators and florivores showed pronounced afnity towards yellow traps, indicating that in the case
of I. pumila insects have potential to be agents of floral selection. Nevertheless, it is necessary to
evaluate pollinator and florivore diversity and their color preferences in I. pumila natural habitat.",
publisher = "Belgrade: Serbian Plant Physiology Society",
journal = "4th International Conference on Plant Biology [and] 23rd SPPS Meeting; 2022 Oct 6-8; Belgrade, Serbia",
title = "Assessment of Iris pumila L. pollinator and florivore diversity in a common garden: a pan-trap experiment",
pages = "142",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5048"
}

Vuleta, A., Hočevar, K., Manitašević Jovanović, S., Raičević, J.,& Plećaš, M.. (2022). Assessment of Iris pumila L. pollinator and florivore diversity in a common garden: a pan-trap experiment. in 4th International Conference on Plant Biology [and] 23rd SPPS Meeting; 2022 Oct 6-8; Belgrade, Serbia
Belgrade: Serbian Plant Physiology Society., 142.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5048

Vuleta A, Hočevar K, Manitašević Jovanović S, Raičević J, Plećaš M. Assessment of Iris pumila L. pollinator and florivore diversity in a common garden: a pan-trap experiment. in 4th International Conference on Plant Biology [and] 23rd SPPS Meeting; 2022 Oct 6-8; Belgrade, Serbia. 2022;:142.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5048 .

Vuleta, Ana, Hočevar, Katarina, Manitašević Jovanović, Sanja, Raičević, Jovana, Plećaš, Milan, "Assessment of Iris pumila L. pollinator and florivore diversity in a common garden: a pan-trap experiment" in 4th International Conference on Plant Biology [and] 23rd SPPS Meeting; 2022 Oct 6-8; Belgrade, Serbia (2022):142,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5048 .