Pollination: Air pollution renders flower odors unattractive to moths

ScienceDaily
Sep 4, 2020, 10:18 am134 pts
Researchers showed that tobacco hawkmoths lost attraction to the scent of their preferred flowers when that scent had been altered by ozone. This oxidizing pollutant thus disturbs the chemical communication between a plant and its pollinator. However, when given the chance, hawkmoths quickly learn that an…

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