Caitlin C. Rering
United States Department of Agriculture
27 Papers
9 Citations
Caitlin C. Rering is an academic researcher from United States Department of Agriculture. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nectar & Biology. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 18 publications. Previous affiliations of Caitlin C. Rering include Agricultural Research Service.
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Papers
Nectar-inhabiting microorganisms influence nectar volatile composition and attractiveness to a generalist pollinator.
TL;DR: The presence of fungi and bacteria in the nectar of a coflowering plant community is examined, the volatiles produced by common nectar microbes are characterized, and electrophysiological and behavioral responses of honey bees to microbial volatile are examined.
Drought stress alters floral volatiles and reduces floral rewards, pollinator activity, and seed set in a global plant
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of drought on buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moensch), a globally cultivated plant that is prone to drought stress, dependent on insect pollinators for reproduction, and increasingly utilized in on-farm conservation.
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Microbial metabolites elicit distinct olfactory and gustatory preferences in bumblebees
Robert N. Schaeffer,Robert N. Schaeffer,Caitlin C. Rering,Isabelle Maalouf,John J. Beck,Rachel L. Vannette +5 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis that species of nectar-inhabiting microbes differentially influence pollinator attraction and feeding via microbial metabolites produced in nectar is tested and suggests that microbial metabolites have significant potential to shape interspecific, plant–pollinator signalling, with consequences for forager learning, economics and floral host reproduction.
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Zea mays Volatiles that Influence Oviposition and Feeding Behaviors of Spodoptera frugiperda
Jessica P. Yactayo-Chang,Jorrel Mendoza,Steven D Willms,Caitlin C. Rering,John J. Beck,Anna Block +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a combination of volatile profiling, electrophysiological assays, pair-wise choice behavioral assays and chemical supplementation treatments was used to identify and assess specific compounds from maize that influence S. frugiperda host location.
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Interactions Among Plants, Insects, and Microbes: Elucidation of Inter-Organismal Chemical Communications in Agricultural Ecology.
John J. Beck,Hans T. Alborn,Anna Block,Shawn A. Christensen,Charles T. Hunter,Caitlin C. Rering,Irmgard Seidl-Adams,Charles J. Stuhl,Baldwyn Torto,James H. Tumlinson +9 more
TL;DR: This review provides examples and discusses interaction considerations with respect to how readers and future authors of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry can contribute their expertise toward the extraction and interpretation of chemical information exchanged between agricultural commodities and their associated pests.
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