Influence of plant domestication on plant-pollinator interactions: floral attributes and floral visitor communities in wild and cultivated squash plants.

We provide evidence that floral traits of domesticated and wild cucurbit plants experienced different selection pressures. Domesticated cucurbit plants may have more resources invested towards floral traits, thereby increasing attractiveness to pollinators and potentially plant reproductive success. Wild ancestor plant populations should be conserved in their center of origin to preserve plant-pollinator interactions. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.