Pollination Biology: From Pollinators and Floral Traits to Landscape Management [PDF]
BiologyPollination biology examines the mechanisms, agents, and ecological significance of pollination [...]
Yu Gao
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EDIS, 2015 Orchids and their pollinators have developed fascinating co-adaptations that promote orchid pollination. This 6-page fact sheet details the various and often strange ways that orchids attract pollinators.
Haleigh Ray, Wagner Vendrame
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Floral and pollination biology of dragon fruit reveals strategies for enhancing productivity through pollination management and reproductive window extension [PDF]
Scientific ReportsDragon fruit (Selenicereus undatus (Haw.) D.R. Hunt) is emerging as a high-value crop globally. However, its reproductive biology remains poorly characterized, with conflicting reports ranging from strict self-incompatibility (allogamy) to self ...
Priyanka Jadhav +14 more
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The sexual reproductive strategy in clonal Scopolia carniolica is based on obligatory cross-pollination and self-incompatibility [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUnderstanding the reproductive biology and breeding system of rare species is crucial for effective conservation. We examined floral biology, assessed the true pollinators, and investigated the reproductive effect of six pollination treatments ...
Karolina Tymoszuk-Rydzewska +3 more
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Pollination biology of Impatiens capensis Meerb. in non-native range. [PDF]
PLoS ONEPollination biology in the widespread species Impatiens capensis Meerb. has only been studied in America, specifically in zones of the U.S.A. and Canada. In this study, we investigated the pollination biology of I.
Agnieszka Rewicz +6 more
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Pollination of Cucurbita spp. (squash and pumpkin) crops in Florida
EDIS, 2021 Squash and pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) are economically significant crops in Florida with over 7,900 acres in production and an estimated value of $35,412,000.
Rachel E. Mallinger, Oscar E. Liburd
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Reproductive biology of Piper species (Piperaceae): a review to link the past to the future [PDF]
Rodriguésia, 2023 Piper species are important components of the understory in tropical and subtropical forests, and some species are of economic and medicinal importance. This genus has been studied in different areas of science.
Adriano Valentin-Silva
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The Extended (Evolutionary) Synthesis Debate: Where Science Meets Philosophy [PDF]
, 2014 Recent debates between proponents of the modern evolutionary synthesis (the standard model in evolutionary biology) and those of a possible extended synthesis are a good example of the fascinating tangle among empirical, theoretical, and conceptual or ...
Finkelman, Leonard, Pigliucci, Massimo
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Developing European conservation and mitigation tools for pollination services: approaches of the STEP (Status and Trends of European Pollinators) project [PDF]
, 2011 Pollinating insects form a key component of European biodiversity, and provide a vital ecosystem service to crops and wild plants. There is growing evidence of declines in both wild and domesticated pollinators, and parallel declines in plants relying ...
Alexandra-Maria Klein +35 more
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Floral Biology and Pollination Efficiency in Yam (Dioscorea spp.)
Agriculture, 2020 Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is a monocotyledonous herbaceous vine cultivated for its starchy underground or aerial tubers in the tropics and subtropics. It is an allogamous and polyploid species that reproduces by both sexual and asexual mechanisms.
Jean M. Mondo +6 more
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