Choice C is the best answer. The author indicates that it is reasonable to think that the Texas gourd plants might lure more pollinators if their smell was stronger. This is clear from lines 26-27("Intuition...bees"), which state that "intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees."
Choices A and D are incorrect because lines 26-27("Intuition...bees") support the idea that it was initially thought that Texas gourd vines could lure more pollinators through "more of that aroma," not by lacking an aroma (choice A) or giving off a more varied aroma (choice D). Choice B is incorrect because bees are the only pollinators specifically discussed in the passage, and there is no suggestion that targeting other insects would attract more bees.