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SUMMARY:Cucumber mosaic virus and its RNA silencing suppressor alter plant
  odour as perceived by pollinators - Niels Groen
DTSTART:20110603T120000Z
DTEND:20110603T123000Z
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CONTACT:Suzy Stoodley
DESCRIPTION:Production of many important crops depends on bee-facilitated 
 pollination. Worryingly\, bee populations are endangered by disease and en
 vironmental change.  To mitigate the ensuing loss of pollination activity 
 requires among other things a deeper understanding of the mechanisms shapi
 ng bee-plant interactions. My data show that non-floral plant volatiles ca
 n be perceived by bumblebees and affect their behaviour. Furthermore\, emi
 ssion by plants of bee-perceivable compounds is controlled by small RNA re
 gulatory pathways\, which can be perturbed by virus infection.
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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