Sugar and Polyphenolic Diversity in Floral
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Milica Fotirić Akšić, Slavica Čolić, Mekjell Meland, and Maja Natić
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756
2 Role of Nectar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757
3 Nectar Productions in Cherries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 758
4 Nectar Compositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
4.1 Nectar Carbohydrate Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761
4.2 Phenolic Compounds in Cherry Nectars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764
5 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768
Abstract
Cherries (Prunus avium L. and Prunus cerasus L.) are economically important
fruit species in the temperate region. Both are entomophilous fruit species, thus
need pollinators to give high yields. Since cherry’s flower is easy-to-reach, bees
and other pollinators can smoothly collect nectar as a reward for doing transfer of
pollen to receptive stigma. Nectar in cherry is usually attractive for insects,
M. F. Akšić (*)
Department of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: fotiric@agrif.bg.ac.rs
S. Čolić
Institute for Science Application in Agriculture, Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: slavicacol@yahoo.com
M. Meland
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Aas, Norway
e-mail: mekjell.meland@nibio.no
M. Natić
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade,
Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: mmandic@chem.bg.ac.rs
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
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Reference Series in Phytochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96397-6_8
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Nectar of Cherry
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Milica Fotirić Akšić, Slavica Čolić, Mekjell Meland, and Maja Natić
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756
2 Role of Nectar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757
3 Nectar Productions in Cherries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 758
4 Nectar Compositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
4.1 Nectar Carbohydrate Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761
4.2 Phenolic Compounds in Cherry Nectars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764
5 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768
Abstract
Cherries (Prunus avium L. and Prunus cerasus L.) are economically important
fruit species in the temperate region. Both are entomophilous fruit species, thus
need pollinators to give high yields. Since cherry’s flower is easy-to-reach, bees
and other pollinators can smoothly collect nectar as a reward for doing transfer of
pollen to receptive stigma. Nectar in cherry is usually attractive for insects,
M. F. Akšić (*)
Department of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: fotiric@agrif.bg.ac.rs
S. Čolić
Institute for Science Application in Agriculture, Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: slavicacol@yahoo.com
M. Meland
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Aas, Norway
e-mail: mekjell.meland@nibio.no
M. Natić
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade,
Belgrade, Serbia
e-mail: mmandic@chem.bg.ac.rs
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
J.-M. Mérillon, K. G. Ramawat (eds.), Co-Evolution of Secondary Metabolites,
Reference Series in Phytochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96397-6_8
755