The mosquito family insect is the "medium" of the genus Plant Powder

Recently, the reporter learned from the Institute of Kunming Botanical Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that Wang Hong and associate researcher Ren Zongxin team conducted a research on powder ecology of the Lanke plant armor distributed in the northern edge of China. The pink insects of Lan and Shanlin Creek Kailan are first discovered in the northern hemisphere tropical and subtropical. Related research results were published in "BMC Plant Biology".

Among the many types of deceptive orchidic plants, an important evolution of the evolution of a powder system is to use tiny -winged -winged insects for powder. Armorchi grows in a wet environment. The lips of the flowers are like mushrooms, which have been speculated as mimic fungi. However, for decades, the research on the ecology of the powder has been proposed for decades.

Researchers overcome difficulties, conducted a research on powder ecological research on double convex armor and Shanlin Creek Kailan during the flowering period, investigated the characteristics of the two kinds of armor, the characteristics of the flowers, and the form of flowers in the field. System bag experiment. Studies have found that the mosquito insects are biography of pink insects of Shuangxian armor and Shanlin Creek. Artificial pollination experiments show that these two species are self -friendly, but they cannot handle themselves. They need to be passed through the mosquito family insects to pass the powder.

Related thesis information: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03816-1

(Originally included in the "China Science News" 2022-09-14 Comprehensive)

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