Attractive in the dark - how petunias may help to feed humanity

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Break submission by Graham Robinson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Botany and Plant Biology, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Many plants, including staple crops, need insects to reproduce. Changing climate and human interference threaten the sensitive relationships between plants and their pollinators. Many aspects of these relationships are not well understood. However, this knowledge may be crucial to sustain and increase crop production to feed an ever-growing human population. (read the Break)