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The Last Mile: Using Local Knowledge to Identify Barriers to Sustainable Grain Legume Production

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018
Grain legumes (or pulses–annual leguminous crops that are harvested solely for their dried seeds such as lentils or chickpeas) are essential for sustainable cropping systems.
Barbara M. Smith   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scale dependent drivers of wild bee diversity in tropical heterogeneous agricultural landscapes

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2016
Summary Factors associated with agricultural intensification, for example, loss of seminatural vegetation and pesticide use has been shown to adversely affect the bee community.
Parthiba Basu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Learning in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens): Worker Bumblebees Learn to Manipulate and Forage at Artificial Flowers by Observation and Communication within the Colony

open access: yesPsyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2013
Social learning occurs when one individual learns from another, mainly conspecific, often by observation, imitation, or communication. Using artificial flowers, we studied social learning by allowing test bumblebees to (a) see dead bumblebees arranged in
Hamida B. Mirwan, Peter G. Kevan
doaj   +1 more source

The macroeconomic cost of catastrophic pollinator declines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
We develop a computable general equilibrium (CGE) approach to assess the macroeconomic impacts of productivity shocks due to catastrophic losses of pollination ecosystem services at global and regional scales.
Bauer, Dana Marie, Sue Wing, Ian
core   +1 more source

Influence of pollination mechanisms on the physical-chemical quality of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) cv. San Andreas [PDF]

open access: yesAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
The objective of this study was to evaluate the physical-chemical quality parameters of strawberry fruits, cultivar San Andreas, depending on different pollination mechanisms.
PRISCILA S. MIRANDA   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toward in vitro fertilization in Brachiaria spp. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Brachiaria are forage grasses widely cultivated in tropical areas. In vitro pollination was applied to accessions of Brachiaria spp. by placing pollen of non-dehiscent anthers on a solid medium near isolated ovaries.
Alves, E.R.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Floral Biology and pollination requirements of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2014
This study aimed to investigate the floral biology and pollination requirements of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), cultivar CNPA G2. The study was carried out at Barbalha, State of Ceará, and consisted of two phases: floral biology and pollination ...
Patrícia Barreto de Andrade   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

High cross-pollination rate of Greek oregano (O. vulgare ssp. hirtum) with Common oregano (O. vulgare ssp. vulgare) under open field conditions as revealed by microsatellite marker analysis

open access: yesBiotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2023
We studied the mode of pollination in Greek oregano (Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum) under both controlled and open pollination conditions. When grown indoors without the presence of insects, Greek oregano plants did not develop any seeds, indicating a low
Marina Evgenieva Alekseeva   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review: Pollination, Pollinated and Pollinators Interaction in Pakistan

open access: yesJournal of Bioresource Management, 2014
The agriculture sector is important in the overall economy and export earnings of Pakistan. Pollination is an essential ecosystem service that depends on symbiosis between species, the pollinated and the pollinator. Animal mediated pollination contributes to the sexual production of over 90% species of modern angiosperms.
Irshad, Mohammad, Stephen, Elizabeth
openaire   +3 more sources

Robotic Pollinating Tools for Actinidia Crops

open access: yesBiology and Life Sciences Forum, 2023
Pollination is a crucial reproductive process that underpins crop yield and quality as well as sustains other ecosystem services essential for our planet’s life. Insects are the largest group of pollinators, particularly bees, handling the pollination of
Isabel Pinheiro   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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