/smithlab/ en /smithlab/2017/05/08/crazy-creosote-bush <span>Crazy for creosote bush</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-05-08T22:13:26-06:00" title="Monday, May 8, 2017 - 22:13">Mon, 05/08/2017 - 22:13</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/smithlab/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/julienne_netting2.jpg?h=416b1678&amp;itok=rErNUCTz" width="1200" height="600" alt="Julienne netting pollinators"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/smithlab/taxonomy/term/24"> fieldwork </a> <a href="/smithlab/taxonomy/term/26"> pollination </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/smithlab/taxonomy/term/12" hreflang="en">Newsfeed</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/smithlab/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/will_pollen2.jpg?itok=AigD0U6P" width="1500" height="2093" alt="Will in the field"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Will, an undergraduate in the lab, and Julienne accompanied Rob to southern Arizona and California this spring to investigate pollinator visitation and reproductive interactions between diploid, tetraploid, and hexaploid creosote bush (<em>Larrea tridentata</em>). It was a stellar year for flowers in the desert southwest, with many plants blooming abundantly that are usually quite sparse. It was also a good year for native bees, the primary pollinators of creosote bush with 20 specialist species, and the team was able to collect a lot of data on ploidy-specific visitation. The abundant bloom also helped with making controlled crosses between the ploidies where they co-occur, information crucial for understanding the role genome duplication plays in driving patterns of diversification. You can hear more about the results of this work when Rob presents at the Evolution meetings in Portland this summer.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>It was a great year for studying creosote bush pollination in the Southwest U.S.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 09 May 2017 04:13:26 +0000 Anonymous 304 at /smithlab