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Alternative flowering crops as potential food sources for beneficial arthropods

Journal für Kulturpflanzen, 2017
Various flowering crops (buckwheat, caraway, carrot, faba bean, flax, lupine, milk thistle, mustard, parsnip, phacelia) were evaluated for their suitability in providing nutritional resources for natural enemies and pollinators in small scale field ...
Annette Herz
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Cuticular hydrocarbons of alpine bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Bombus) are species-specific, but show little evidence of elevation-related climate adaptation

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Alpine bumble bees are the most important pollinators in temperate mountain ecosystems. Although they are used to encounter small-scale successions of very different climates in the mountains, many species respond sensitively to climatic changes ...
Fabienne Maihoff, Simone Sahler, Simon Schoger, Kristof Brenzinger, Katharina Kallnik, Nikki Sauer, Lukas Bofinger, Thomas Schmitt, Sabine S. Nooten, Alice Classen   +9 more
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Adaptive Responses of Tropical Crops: A Multi‐Scale Omics Integrated Perspective

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Tropical crops integrate genomic, morphological, physiological, and ecological adaptations to thrive under extreme and variable environments. This review highlights how natural selection, domestication, and breeding shape stress resilience, resource‐use strategies, and productivity in sugarcane, banana, cassava, rubber and oil palm, offering new routes
Peilin Wang, Chenhui Li, Dongjiao Wang, Qibin Wu, Zhen Zeng, Huiming Guo, Han Cheng, Songbi Chen, Hongxing Cao, Hongmei Cheng, Jianghui Xie, Youxiong Que   +11 more
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Multiyear study of pollinator efficiency and importance of a wide array of pollinators in a field-cultivated strawberry plot.

PLoS ONE
Using wild pollinators to pollinate crops without introducing human-managed pollinators is cost-effective and friendly to native ecosystems. To maintain stable, good-quality yields in crops that mainly use wild pollinators, it is essential to determine ...
Ikuo Kandori, Ryouji Shimaoka, Taro Tsukamoto, Kenta Kamiya, Tomoyuki Yokoi   +4 more
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Plant Resource Use and Pattern of Usage by the Naturalized Orchid Bee (Euglossa dilemma: Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Florida

Insects, 2023
The Neotropical orchid bee Euglossa dilemma was found to be naturalized in southern Florida in 2003, and, by 2022, it had colonized the southern half of Florida.
Robert W. Pemberton
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Pervasiveness of Parasites in Pollinators [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Many pollinator populations are declining, with large economic and ecological implications. Parasites are known to be an important factor in the some of the population declines of honey bees and bumblebees, but little is known about the parasites afflicting most other pollinators, or the extent of interspecific transmission or vectoring of parasites ...
Sophie E F Evison, Katherine E Roberts, Lynn Laurenson, Stéphane Pietravalle, Jeffrey Hui, Jacobus C Biesmeijer, Judith E Smith, Giles Budge, William O H Hughes   +8 more
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
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A Guide to Selecting and Using Pesticides During the Blueberry Pollination Period: How Can We Reduce Risk to Pollinators?

EDIS
This publication provides blueberry growers strategies for choosing and applying fungicides and insecticides during bloom so as to minimize harm to pollinators.
Rachel E. Mallinger, John J. Ternest, Douglas A. Phillips   +2 more
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Bioacoustic IoT Sensors as Next-Generation Tools for Monitoring: Counting Flying Insects through Buzz

Insects, 2023
The global loss of biodiversity is an urgent concern requiring the implementation of effective monitoring. Flying insects, such as pollinators, are vital for ecosystems, and establishing their population dynamics has become essential in conservation ...
Simona Alberti, Gianluca Stasolla, Simone Mazzola, Luca Pietro Casacci, Francesca Barbero   +4 more
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Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn, Ariana P. Torres, Sue Barton, Bridget K. Behe   +3 more
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