Plant Pollinator interactions in high temperatures
bumblebees. Proper pollination of a tomato flower is the most critical process related to fruit
set, yield, and quality. Poorly pollinated flowers never [...] Pollination demands
energy from the plant, and it is one of the first processes to fall by the wayside if the plant cannot produce
enough assimilates. [...] leaves.
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It is also likely that flower temperature plays a role in
this process (figure 4). Leaves can cool themselves,
but flowers do not have stomata