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Cucurbits as a model system for crop pollination management

open access: yesJournal of Pollination Ecology, 2019
Cucurbit crops have steadily increased in production over the last 50 years, particularly in Asia where pioneering technological advancements and genetic improvements have created new hybrid varieties.
Jessica Louise Knapp   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Overview of Bee Pollination and Its Economic Value for Crop Production

open access: yesInsects, 2021
Simple Summary There is a rising demand for food security in the face of threats posed by a growing human population. Bees as an insect play a crucial role in crop pollination alongside other animal pollinators such as bats, birds, beetles, moths ...
S. Khalifa   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops

open access: yesBiological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2023
Although the importance of natural habitats to pollinator diversity is widely recognized, the value of forests to pollinating insects has been largely overlooked in many parts of the world.
M. Ulyshen   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effects of urbanization on pollinators and pollination: A meta-analysis.

open access: yesEcology Letters, 2023
Urbanization is increasing worldwide, with major impacts on biodiversity, species interactions and ecosystem functioning. Pollination is an ecosystem function vital for terrestrial ecosystems and food security; however, the processes underlying the ...
Huan Liang   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Artificial Pollination Technologies: A Review

open access: yesAgronomy, 2023
Pollination is critical for the production of many crops, and both insect- and wind-based pollination systems are increasingly disrupted by bloom asynchrony, weather events, and high demand for available insect pollinators. Artificial pollination systems
M. Broussard   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis

open access: yesEcology Letters, 2020
Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of different floral plantings, their characteristics and consequences ...
M. Albrecht   +43 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal Variation in Pollination Deficits in an Insect-Pollinated Dioecious Crop

open access: yesPlants, 2021
Inadequate quantity and quality of pollen reaching the stigmas decreases the sexual reproductive output of plants, compromising yield. Still, the current extent of pollen limitation affecting yield (i.e., pollination deficits) is poorly quantified.
Helena Castro   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Buzz-Pollinated Crops: A Global Review and Meta-analysis of the Effects of Supplemental Bee Pollination in Tomato

open access: yesJournal of Economic Entomology, 2021
Buzz-pollinated plants require visitation from vibration producing bee species to elicit full pollen release. Several important food crops are buzz-pollinated including tomato, eggplant, kiwi, and blueberry. Although more than half of all bee species can
H. Cooley, M. Vallejo‐Marín
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) Displays Prezygotic and Postzygotic Barriers to Prevent Autogamy in Monoecious Cultivars

open access: yesAgronomy, 2022
Cultivated yam (D. rotundata) is a staple tuber crop in West Africa whose sexual reproduction control remains largely unknown despite its importance for plant breeding programs. In this paper, we compared self-pollination, intracultivar cross-pollination
Narcisse Denadi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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