Plant Pollinator interactions in high temperatures

protection, the plant aborts the fruit to reduce fruit load on the plant and directs the assimilates to the vegetative growth of the plant. This is undesirable [...] 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. In [...] between varieties. Radiant heat affects the plant differently. Figure 4 shows the thermal imaging of a tomato plant. Observations confirm that the flowers become