1st Edition
Mutualistic Interactions between Flowering Plants and Animals
Contributors
1. General Introduction
KR Shivanna and Palatty Allesh Sinu
2. Biotic Pollination: Fundamental and Applied Aspects
KR Shivanna
3. Plant-Pollinator-Robber Interaction
Vineet Kumar Singh, Divya Mohanty, Chandan Barman, Rajesh Tandon
4. Natural History and Behavioural Ecology of Bees
Palatty Allesh Sinu, Sangeetha Varma, U Prashanth Ballullaya, G Asha, Prabitha Mohan
5. Pollination Diversity in Orchids: A review
Giby Kuriakose
6. Attractants for Honey Bees
Pradnya V Deshpande and Dattatraya G Naik
7. Prospects of Honey Bee Attractants in Enhancing Crop Productivity in India 132
Shashidhar Viraktamath and Anjankumar Naik
8. Repellents for Honey bees
Pradnya V Deshpande and Dattatraya G Naik
9. Sub-lethal Effects of Pesticides on Pollinators with Special Reference to Honey Bees
Parthiba Basu and Priyadarshini Chakrabarti
10. Pollen-Pistil Interaction and Fertilization
KR Shivanna
11. Recent Advances on Biotic Seed Dispersal by Vertebrates
Palatty Allesh Sinu, VK Shibil, K Manoj, TP Rajesh
12. Seed Dispersal and Seed Predation: Case studies from Eastern Ghats
AJ Solomon Raju
13. Wasp-mediated Seed Dispersal, a Rare Phenomenon
TN Manohara
14. Ants as Seed Predators and Dispersers of a Non-myrmechorous Tree Lagerstroemia speciosa in Tropical Moist-deciduous Forest
Deepu Sivadas and A G Pandurangan
15. Plants Cry for Help upon Insect Attack and Parasitoids Come to Their Rescue!!!
Sujata A Deshpande
16. The Promise of Genomics in Plant-Animal Interaction Studies
M Nagarajan, K Nimisha, AK Nimisha and Palatty Allesh Sinu
17. A key to the Divisions of Apoidea, Families of Apiformes and Genera of Apidae of India
T Jobiraj
Biography
Palatty Allesh Sinu is Assistant Professor in Department of Animal Science at Central University of Kerala, India. His research is focused on plant-animal interactions, and he was selected for Raman Fellowship of UGC for his post-doctoral research in University of Arizona, US, in the year 2016. He has also served as member of President of India’s Inspired Teachers’ Club.
KR Shivanna is associated as INSA Honorary Scientist at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru, India. He retired from Delhi University as Professor and Head, Department of Botany. His research is focused on broad areas of reproductive biology of flowering plants as well as on the reproductive ecology of endemic and endangered plants as an aid for their effective conservation, and pollination efficiency of some economically important plants.
