Claim · model-written summary
Plantago ovata seeds resisted ant removal on concrete, with 90% remaining.
- Taxon
- P. ovata
Plantago ovatae0 - Interactor
- Messor wasmanni
Messor wasmannie1herbivore - Outcome
- seeds left at the experimental sitee0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 90%e0
- Comparator
- O. basilicume0
- Setting
- concretee0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seeds of P. ovata had a higher resistance to removal by ants (with 90% and 75% seeds left at the experimental site) than those of O. basilicum (with 5% and 0% left at the experimental site) on solid substrates (concrete and stones, respectively)”
e1“Messor wasmanni”
Title
Too sticky to steal: species-specific influence of seed mucilage on ant-mediated dispersal
Helen Gorges; Stanislav N. Gorb Plant and Soil 2026. doi:10.1007/s11104-026-08359-0
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Plantago ovata seeds resisted ant removal on stones, with 75% remaining.
- Observation Ocimum basilicum had 5% of seeds remaining on concrete.
- Observation Ocimum basilicum had 0% of seeds remaining on stones.
- Observation Ocimum basilicum seeds were removed faster overall than Plantago ovata seeds.