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

Frontiers 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, Barbara M. Smith, Alfred Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred Gathorne-Hardy, Alfred Gathorne-Hardy, Soumik Chatterjee, Parthiba Basu   +6 more
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Potential application of the bumblebee foraging recruitment pheromone for commercial greenhouse pollination [PDF]

, 2009
Commercial bumblebee colonies are important crop pollinators. Here we assess whether application of artificial foraging recruitment pheromone can increase foraging activity in Bombus terrestris colonies on a relevant timescale for commercial pollination.
Raine, Nigel E., Lars Chittka, Molet, M., Mathieu Molet, Chittka, Lars, Chittka, L, Raine, NE, Nigel E. Raine, Raine, N. E., Molet, M, Chittka, L., Molet, Mathieu   +11 more
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Spatiotemporal Variation in Pollination Deficits in an Insect-Pollinated Dioecious Crop

Plants, 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, Catarina Siopa, Vinícius Casais, Mariana Castro, João Loureiro, Hugo Gaspar, Maria Celeste Dias, Sílvia Castro   +7 more
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Effects of fire on pollinators and pollination [PDF]

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2016
Summary Increased incidence of landscape fire and pollinator declines with co‐extinctions of dependent plant species are both globally significant. Fire can alter species distributions, but its effects on plant–pollinator interactions are poorly understood so its present and future role in coupled plant–pollinator declines cannot be assessed.
Julian Brown, Alan York, Fiona Christie, Michael McCarthy   +3 more
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Pollination by flies, bees, and beetles of Nuphar ozarkana and N. advena (Nymphaeaceae) [PDF]

, 2000
Nuphar comprises 13 species of aquatic perennials distributed in the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The European species N. lutea and N. pumila in Norway, the Netherlands, and Germany are pollinated by bees and flies, including apparent Nuphar ...
Lippok, Barbara, Williamson, Paula S., Gardine, Angela A., Renner, Susanne S.   +3 more
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Yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) Displays Prezygotic and Postzygotic Barriers to Prevent Autogamy in Monoecious Cultivars

Agronomy, 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, Mounirou Yolou, Ayènan Eric Dadonougbo, Jeanne Zoundjihékpon, Alexandre Dansi, Christophe Gandonou, Muriel Quinet   +6 more
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Pollination ecology in the 21st century: key questions for future research

, 2010
To inspire new ideas in research on pollination ecology, we list the most important unanswered questions in the field. This list was drawn up by contacting 170 scientists from different areas of pollination ecology and asking them to contribute their ...
Jane C. Stout, Eardley, Connal, Huang, S.-Q., McCallum, Britnie, Stout, Jane C., Stout, Jane C, Nuttman, Clive, Juan Carlos Ruiz Guajardo, Brown, Mark, Schnabel, Andrew, Andrew Bourke, Connal Eardley, Baldock, Katherine C. R., Ruiz-Guajardo, Juan Carlos, Ruiz Guajardo, Juan Carlos, Armbruster, W Scott, Bourke, Andrew F.G., Armbruster, W. Scott, Stone, Graham N., Waser, Nickolas M., Shuang-Quan Huang, Dylan Hodgkiss, Potts, Simon G, et al., Peter G. Kevan, Guajardo, Juan Carlos Ruiz, Ollerton, Jeff, Kevan, Peter G., Mayer, Caroline, Katherine C. R. Baldock, Koch, Hauke, Broadbent, Arthur A. D., Andrew Schnabel, Graham N Stone, Adriana Otero Arnaiz, Britnie McCallum, Arthur Broadbent, Huang, Shuang-Quan, Fountain, Michelle T, Stone, Graham N, Arnaiz, Adriana Otero, Packer, Laurance, Otero Arnaiz, Adriana, Kevan, P.G, TBA Kirindy Pollination Consortium, Michelle T. Fountain, Dafni, Amots, Packer, Laurence, Amots Dafni, Kevan, Peter G, Potts, Simon, Axel Ssymank, Bourke, Andrew F. G., Jeff Ollerton, Baldock, Katherine, Adler, Lynn, Hodgkiss, Dylan, W. Scott Armbruster, Armbruster, W. S., Lynn Adler, Mark J.F. Brown, Potts, Simon G., Laurence Packer, Ssymank, Axel, Mayer, Carolin, Kevan, Peter, Price, Mary V., Simon G. Potts, Carolin Mayer   +68 more
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EFFECT OF POLLINATION ON FRUIT CHARACTERS OF THREE APRICOT CULTIVARS. [PDF]

Journal of Plant Production, 2005
The present investigation was carried out during the two successive seasons of 2002 and 2003 on mature trees of Canino, Amal and Perfection apricot cultivars.
Sh. Abd El Mageed, A. El-Sabagh, A . Ibrahim   +2 more
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Influence of pollination mechanisms on the physical-chemical quality of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) cv. San Andreas [PDF]

Anais 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, ZILDA CRISTINA M. LIMA, RAQUEL PÉREZ-MALUF, ELISMAR P. DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO HENRIQUE M. MONROE, ALDENISE A. MOREIRA   +5 more
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The Economic Value of the Pollination Service, a Review Across Scales

, 2009
Pollination is an ecosystem service that is essential to support the production of a wide range of crops. The service is increasingly under threat, as a consequence of among others habitat loss of pollinators and increasing use of pesticides. In order to
Hein, L.G.
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