linkedin post 2021-11-06 05:32:53

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CHARGE AND GEOMETRY. “Simply due to their geometry, protruding floral structures such as a long stigma will create a strong local electric field (Fig. 7a, b), and indeed, flowers with a flat corolla and long stigma appear to capture more pollen through electrostatic forces than those with concave corolla and shorter stigma.” https://lnkd.in/dz2UJCDk View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2021-11-06 05:31:55

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GEOMETRY IS KEY. “Just as morphology, geometry and specific impedance of structures are key influences on the electric field at the scale of trees and plants (Fig. 2), this remains true at the smaller scale of a flower’s anther, stigma, and pollen grain.” https://lnkd.in/dz2UJCDk View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2021-11-06 05:31:22

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POLLEN FUNCTION. “During the bee’s final approach to the flower, electrostatic forces between these two bodies grow rapidly larger (Fig. 5). This has been suggested to have important consequences for pollen transfer from anther to bee and back from bee to stigma.” https://lnkd.in/dz2UJCDk View in LinkedIn
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