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Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus undatus) Pollination in New Zealand: A Preliminary Report on Flower Visitors, Natural Pollen Deposition, and Artificial Pollination

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, Volume 54, Issue 1, March 2026.
Dragon fruit (pitaya; Hylocereus undatus) is a promising, new high‐value crop in New Zealand. The large nocturnal flowers open for one night and close early in the morning the following day over a 3‐ to 6‐month long flowering period. In dragon fruit's native range, hawkmoths and bats are key nocturnal pollinators, and honey bees visit flowers during ...
Max N. Buxton, Laura Mesa, Melissa A. Broussard   +2 more
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Forgotten Fruit, Infinite Potential: History, Genetics, Cultivation, and Future Perspectives for Feijoa sellowiana

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, Volume 54, Issue 1, March 2026.
Feijoa sellowiana (O. Berg), known as feijoa, is a South American fruit native to southern Brazil and northeastern Uruguay, with agronomic, nutritional, and industrial potential. Once restricted to its native range, the species is now cultivated in New Zealand, Colombia, and Georgia, where breeding programs and market chains are advancing its ...
Suelen Martinez Guterres, Danielle da Silva, Marianella Quezada, Dalvan Carlos Beise, Cristiano João Arioli, Joel Donazzolo, Rubens Onofre Nodari, Valdir Marcos Stefenon   +7 more
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3D printing approaches to simulate natural diets for insects with implications for domestication and mass-rearing. [PDF]

Front Insect Sci
Pascacio-Villafán C, Tejada-Ortigoza V, Cohen AC, Aluja M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Landless peasants, soilless cultivation: British agricultural experimentation and intervention in post‐independence Iraq (1932–1958)

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 603-610, March 2026.
‘Greening’ is often depicted as an inherently benevolent practice, turning arid stretches of land into arable and fertile plots. However, by considering a longer history of place and taking archival records into account, such transformations are rendered more complex and, often, more fraught.
Zsuzsanna Ihar
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Secrets within stems: The cryptic Apodanthes caseariae (Apodanthaceae), a rare neotropical holoendoparasite

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 385-400, March 2026.
Holoendoparasites are extremely rare plants that live entirely hidden inside their hosts, with only flowers and fruits visible. We studied Apodanthes caseariae, found in central and South America, parasitizing Casearia sylvestris. Little is known about its life cycle.
Jessica A. Ramírez‐Ramírez, Favio González, Estefanía Elejalde‐Baena, Juan F. Alzate, Natalia Pabón‐Mora   +4 more
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The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 439-451, March 2026.
Our current understanding of plants has been shaped by the entwining of different cultures. The Chilean soapbark tree, traditionally valued as a source of natural soap, was shown by serendipitous research in France in the 1900s to produce compounds that can boost the immune response to vaccines.
Anne Osbourn
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Genomic Insights and Bioconversion Potential in the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens): Current Advances and Future Directions. [PDF]

Insects
Oliveira J, Guilgur LG, Assunção R, Murta D, Trindade A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Viability ofCabralea canjeranaExtracts to Control the South American Fruit Fly,Anastrepha fraterculus [PDF]

Journal of Insect Science, 2014
Flaviane Eva Magrini, Alexandre Specht, Juliano Gaio, Cristiane Priscila Girelli, Ignacio Migues, Horacio Heinzen, Valdirene Camatti Sartori, Veronica Cesio   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

Meeting Livestock Protein and Amino Acids Needs With Edible Insects: A Critical Review

Sustainable Food Proteins, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2026.
Comparison of the use of traditional protein sources (soybean meal and fish meal) and insects meal in monogastrics and aquaculture (created in BioRender. Luttenschlager, H. (2025) https://BioRender.com/ndztqxp) ABSTRACT The increasing demand for animal‐based protein has led to biodiversity loss, deforestation, pollution, and extensive land use, mainly ...
Hugo Luttenschlager, Yves Beckers, Frédéric Francis, Rudy Caparros Megido   +3 more
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Role of Biological Control in Management of Invasive Exotic Arthropod Pests and Weeds in India. [PDF]

Insects
Muniappan R, Subaharan K, Selvaraj K, Sampathkumar M, Sushil SN.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source