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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Pattern of population structuring between Belgian and Estonian bumblebees [PDF]

, 2019
Several population genetic studies investigated the extent of gene flow and population connectivity in bumblebees. In general, no restriction in gene flow is considered for mainland populations of common bumblebee species.
Karise, Reet, Maebe, Kevin, Mand, Marika, Meeus, Ivan, Smagghe, Guy   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Monitoring insect pollinators and flower visitation: The effectiveness and feasibility of different survey methods

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
The status of pollinating insects is of international concern, but knowledge of the magnitude and extent of declines is limited by a lack of systematic monitoring.
R. O'Connor, W. Kunin, M. Garratt, S. Potts, H. Roy, Christopher Andrews, Catherine M. Jones, J. Peyton, J. Savage, M. Harvey, R. Morris, Stuart P. M. Roberts, I. Wright, A. Vanbergen, C. Carvell   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting Climate Change Impacts on Crop Pollinators in Brazil

Sociobiology
Pollinators are critical elements of biodiversity as they participate in the reproduction of plant species. Due to their importance in food production, they are one of the most studied groups of ecosystem service providers globally.
Giannini Tereza Cristina, Guaraci Duran Cordeiro, Wilian França Costa, André Luiz Acosta, William de Oliveira Sabino, Leonardo Miranda, Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca, Antônio Mauro Saraiva   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Floral volatiles evoke partially similar responses in both florivores and pollinators and are correlated with non-volatile reward chemicals [PDF]

, 2023
Rohit Sasidharan, Robert R. Junker, Elisabeth J. Eilers, Caroline Müller   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source