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Flowers through insect eyes: the contribution of pollinator vision to the evolution of flower colour

, 2010
PhDFlowers’ colours are an essential element of their ability to attract visits from pollinators. However, the colours as they appear to human observers can differ substantially from their appearance to insect pollinators, and so it is essential to ...
Arnold, Sarah Elizabeth Joan
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Pruning and pollination studies on southern highbush blueberries (V. corymbosum L. interspecific hybrids) [PDF]

, 2011
Thesis (MScAgric)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Commercial production of the southern highbush blueberries (SHB) ‘Jewel’, ‘Emerald’, ‘Star’, ‘Snowchaser’ and ‘Bluecrisp’ started recently in the Western Cape.
Muller, Jasper Lodewyk
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Hand pollination of cherimoya practical method for improving fruit set for better yields

California Agriculture, 1947
The cherimoya, said to be among the world's finest fruits is well adapted to many sections of southern California.
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Is there a diel pattern to nectar secretion in the Red Bloodwood Corymbia gummifera?

, 2013
Nectar secretion was measured at 6-h intervals over a 24-h period in flowers of the Red Bloodwood, Corymbia gummifera (family Myrtaceae). Secretion varied among time periods and among trees. There was no clear diurnal or nocturnal pattern.
Goldingay, Ross L.
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Positiv externality of honey production

Bee-keeping and honey production has a long history in Hungary. Honey is an important and healthy food of people and it can be consumed without any human processing. The honey production has important role, too.
Vanyi Arvane, Georgina, Csapo, Zsolt, Karpati, Laszlo   +2 more
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Cacao pod yield as a function of pollination, plantation management and landscape context in Western Ghana

Theobroma cacao (cacao) is an important commodity that supports the livelihood of Ghanaian smallholder farmers and makes a major contribution to the gross domestic product of Ghana.
Atta-Boateng, Acheampong
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Ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services and rooibos production as affected by connectivity to natural vegetation and agrochemical use in rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis) farming

, 2011
Globally, increasing land-use intensity has led to more intensive farming practices at the local scale and the loss of non-crop habitats at the landscape scale which may affect various ecosystem services.
Herbst, Marianté
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Challenges and solutions in hand pollination for hybrid pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) seed production: a review. [PDF]

Planta
Gyalai IM, Kedves O, Kedves A, Kónya Z, Kovács F.   +4 more
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The evolution of flower size and flowering behaviour in plants: The role of pollination and pre-dispersal seed predation

, 2008
This thesis describes research into the effects of insect mediated pollination, and pre-dispersal seed predation, in common species of Asteraceae, varying both between and throughout growing seasons, and suggests that these exert selective pressures ...
Robinson, John
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Evaluation of Self-fruitfulness with Hand-pollination in Crabapples, Malus spp.

The Horticulture Journal, 2023
Sakurai, Kenji, Iwanami, Hiroshi
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