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Impact of Flower Position and Pollinator Diversity on Yield Parameters of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

Sociobiology
The present study investigated the flower position characteristics of Pomegranate (variety: Bhagwa) pollinator diversity and their effect on fruit yield.
K. T. Vijayakaumar, H. L. Nithin Kumar, T. N. Rakshita, T. Nayimabanu   +3 more
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The impact of geography and climate on the population structure and local adaptation in a wild bee

Evolutionary Applications, 2023
Deciphering processes that contribute to genetic differentiation and divergent selection of natural populations is useful for evaluating the adaptive potential and resilience of organisms faced with various anthropogenic stressors.
Farida Samad‐zada, Evan P. Kelemen, Sandra M. Rehan   +2 more
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Mutualism increases diversity, stability, and function of multiplex networks that integrate pollinators into food webs

Nature Communications, 2020
Ecosystems are composed of complex networks of many species interacting in different ways. While ecologists have long studied food webs of feeding interactions, recent studies increasingly focus on mutualistic networks including plants that exchange food
Kayla R. S. Hale, Fernanda S. Valdovinos, Neo D. Martinez   +2 more
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Comparative nutritional and antioxidant profiling of Assam honeys: unveiling the untapped bioactivity of stingless bee honey

Frontiers in Nutrition
Honey is a nutritionally rich natural product with functional and bioactive relevance, yet species-specific comparative data from Northeast India remain limited.
Partha Pratim Gyanudoy Das, Mukul Kumar Deka, Abhibandana Das, Rituraj Borah, Mousumi Bharali, Shimantini Borkataki, Pradeep Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, R. Karthik, Titikshya Kashyap, Kereyagalahalli Mallaiah Kumaranag, Sachin Suresh Suroshe   +11 more
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Biological Data of Stingless Bees with Potential Application in Pesticide Risk Assessments

Sociobiology, 2018
Due to the current practice of intensive pesticide use in Brazil on crops with flowers that are attractive to bees, biological information about Brazilian native bees is required in order for public authorities that are responsible for environmental ...
Adna Dorigo, Annelise Rosa-Fontana, Isabella Camargo, Roberta Nocelli, Osmar Malaspina   +4 more
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Co-Occurrence of Wing Deformity and Impaired Mobility of Alates with Deformed Wing Virus in Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Insects, 2023
Deformed wing virus (DWV), a major honey bee pathogen, is a generalist insect virus detected in diverse insect phyla, including numerous ant genera. Its clinical symptoms have only been reported in honey bees, bumble bees, and wasps.
Godfrey P. Miles, Xiaofen F. Liu, Esmaeil Amiri, Michael J. Grodowitz, Margaret L. Allen, Jian Chen   +5 more
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The neonicotinoid insecticide Imidacloprid repels pollinating flies and beetles at field-realistic concentrations [PDF]

, 2013
Neonicotinoids are widely used systemic insecticides which, when applied to flowering crops, are translocated to the nectar and pollen where they may impact upon pollinators.
Amy H. Easton, C Brittain, C Holden, C Westphal, CH Krupke, CW Schneider, D Goulson, D Goulson, Dave Goulson, EC Yang, Guy Smagghe, J Ghazoul, JE Cresswell, JE Cresswell, LA Garibaldi, M Henry, ME Knight, N Desneux, PR Whitehorn, R Ramirez-Romero, SM Vrdoljak, T Diekotter, V Mommaerts   +22 more
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Enhancement of developmental defects in the boron‐deficient maize mutant tassel‐less1 by reduced auxin levels

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Background Plant responses to deficiencies of the micronutrient boron are diverse and go beyond the well‐characterized function of boron in cell wall crosslinking. To explain these phenotypic discrepancies, hypotheses about interactions of boron with various phytohormones have been proposed, particularly auxin.
Michaela S. Matthes, Norman B. Best, Janlo M. Robil, Paula McSteen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pollination services in the UK: how important are honeybees? [PDF]

, 2011
Pollination services are known to provide substantial benefits to human populations and agriculture in particular. Although many species are known to provide pollination services, honeybees (Apis mellifera) are often assumed to provide the majority of ...
Bailey, Alison P., Balcombe, Kelvin G., Breeze, Tom D, Potts, Simon G.   +3 more
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Honey bees and wild pollinators differ in their preference for and use of introduced floral resources

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Introduced plants may be important foraging resources for honey bees and wild pollinators, but how often and why pollinators visit introduced plants across an entire plant community is not well understood.
Christine Urbanowicz, Paige A. Muñiz, S. McArt   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source