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Alfawwaz, Muhammad Dzaky, Agus Dana Permana, and Ramadhani Eka Putra. "Diversity and Abundance of Insects Pollinator of Chayote (Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz." Jurnal Biodjati 7, no. 1 (2022): 36–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.15575/biodjati.v7i1.13881.

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Chayote plants (Sechium edule) with monoecious characters require a pollination process. The pollination process requires pollinating agents to increase its productivity, one of which is insects. This research aimed to determine the diversity and abundance of insects pollinator on chayote plants. Observation of diversity and abundance used a scan sampling method. Pollinator insects observations were carried out in 3 time periods, morning, afternoon, and evening on male and female flowers. We measured environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and light intensity. Eight

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NUGROHO, ARI, TRI ATMOWIDI, and SIH KAHONO. "Diversitas Serangga Penyerbuk dan Pembentukkan Buah Tanaman Kakao (Theobroma cacao L.)." Jurnal Sumberdaya Hayati 5, no. 1 (2019): 11–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/jsdh.5.1.11-17.

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Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is an entomophilous plant which is need insects for pollination. Pollinator insects increase cocoa’s fruit set. The aim of this research were to study diversity of pollinator insects, visiting activity of fly, Forcipomyia (Diptera), and fruit set of cocoa. Observation of pollinator insects was conducted by scan sampling method. Visiting activity of Forcipomyia were observed based on duration visit per flower, number of flowers visited per minute, and duration of activity on flowers. Pollen load on body of Forcipomyia were measured. Pollination effectiveness of insect

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Eeraerts, Maxime, Lieve Borremans, Guy Smagghe, and Ivan Meeus. "A Growers’ Perspective on Crop Pollination and Measures to Manage the Pollination Service of Wild Pollinators in Sweet Cherry Cultivation." Insects 11, no. 6 (2020): 372. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11060372.

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Recent declines in insect pollinators and the increasing dependence on insect pollination in agriculture present major challenges to ensuring future food production. As part of the effort to deal with this challenge, there is a pressing need to understand growers’ perceptions with regard to pollinator diversity and crop pollination management. At present, many growers are dependent on domesticated honey bees (Apis mellifera), however, targeted management strategies involving naturally occurring pollinator species might be necessary to ensure future crop pollination. In this study we used semi-

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Kusuma, Ramadhani Mahendra, and Wiwin Windriyanti. "Effective Behavior of Insects Pollinators of Flowers in Gadung Mango Clone 21 Variety." Jurnal Ilmu Pertanian Indonesia 27, no. 4 (2022): 596–605. http://dx.doi.org/10.18343/jipi.27.4.596.

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Pollinating insects are referred as support services, namely services by the processes in the ecosystems that support human well-being by maintaining or enhancing ecosystem services. The availability of flowers, diversity, and behavior of visiting pollinator insects affect the effectiveness of pollination to increase the formation of fruit sets of mango plants. The purpose of this study is to observe the behavior of pollinator insects visiting the mango gadung clone 21 varieties and their effectiveness in increasing the formation of fruit sets. Research has been carried out on two flower seaso

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Kleiman, Blaire M., Suzanne Koptur, and Krishnaswamy Jayachandran. "Weeds Enhance Pollinator Diversity and Fruit Yield in Mango." Insects 12, no. 12 (2021): 1114. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12121114.

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Agriculture is dependent on insect pollination, yet in areas of intensive production agriculture, there is often a decline in plant and insect diversity. As native habitats and plants are replaced, often only the weeds or unwanted vegetation persist. This study compared insect diversity on mango, Mangifera indica, a tropical fruit tree dependent on insect pollination, when weeds were present in cultivation versus when they were removed mechanically. The pollinating insects on both weeds and mango trees were examined as well as fruit set and yield in both the weed-free and weedy treatment in So

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Reyes, Hortensia Cabrera, David Draper, and Isabel Marques. "Pollination in the Rainforest: Scarce Visitors and Low Effective Pollinators Limit the Fruiting Success of Tropical Orchids." Insects 12, no. 10 (2021): 856. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12100856.

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A single plant might be visited by many flower visitors but not all might act as pollinators. Legitimate pollinators might also differ considerably in their efficiency, limiting pollination success. Unsuitable climatic conditions such as rain also affect pollinator activity. However, in the evergreen rainforest there is no prolonged dry season and flowering occurs usually under rain. Here, we explore the dependence on pollinators and the efficiency of flower visitors for the fruiting success of 10 Andean rainforest orchids. All species were self-compatible but strictly pollinator-dependent. Ov

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Allifah AF, Asyik Nur, Farida Bahalwan, and Nur Alim Natsir. "Keanekaragaman Dan Kelimpahan Serangga Polinator Pada Perkebunan Mentimun (Cucumis sativus L) Desa Waiheru Ambon." Biosel: Biology Science and Education 9, no. 1 (2020): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.33477/bs.v9i1.1314.

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Pollinator insects are insects that play a role in pollination, namely intermediaries pollinating plants. The purpose of this study was to determine the abundance and diversity of insects pollinators in the Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L) Plantation of Waiheru Village, Baguala District, Ambon City. Sampling was done by purposive sampling using a yellow glue trap (Yellow sticky trap). The customer observations are made in visual control. Observation starts at 07.00 WIT until 18.00 WIT which is divided into 3 time periods, namely: 07.00-10.00 WIT, 11.00-14.00 WIT and 15.00-18.00 WIT. The data obtai

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Wayo, Kanuengnit, Chama Phankaew, Alyssa B. Stewart, and Sara Bumrungsri. "Bees are supplementary pollinators of self-compatible chiropterophilous durian." Journal of Tropical Ecology 34, no. 1 (2018): 41–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467418000019.

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Abstract:Nocturnally foraging insects may be supplementary pollinators to chiropterophilous plant species when bats are scarce. Given that insects are much smaller than bats, they may be more effective at transferring pollen for plant species with similar stamen and pistil lengths, such as the ‘Monthong’ durian cultivar. The present study clarifies the role of insects in pollinating the ‘Monthong’ cultivar by examining the floral biology, conducting pollination treatments on 19 trees and observing floral visitors in southern Thailand. Stigmas were receptive by 17h00, and over 50% of ‘Monthong’

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Wayo, Kanuengnit, Chama Phankaew, Alyssa B. Stewart, and Sara Bumrungsri. "Bees are supplementary pollinators of self-compatible chiropterophilous durian." Journal of Tropical Ecology 34, no. 1 (2018): 41–52. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14817108.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Nocturnally foraging insects may be supplementary pollinators to chiropterophilous plant species when bats are scarce. Given that insects are much smaller than bats, they may be more effective at transferring pollen for plant species with similar stamen and pistil lengths, such as the 'Monthong' durian cultivar. The present study clarifies the role of insects in pollinating the 'Monthong' cultivar by examining the floral biology, conducting pollination treatments on 19 trees and observing floral visitors in southern Thailand. Stigmas were rece

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Pugh, Andrew, Max Trower, Celine Mercier, Michael Bartlett, Roanne Sutherland, and Andrew Cridge. "Environmental DNA profiling for detecting plant-insect interactions in endangered and native flora." Folia Oecologica 52, no. 1 (2025): 82–90. https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2025-0009.

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Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an established technique for studying plant-insect interactions, that has so far had very limited use in exploring flower-visiting insect communities. This study provides important evidence of the effectiveness of eDNA for studying flower-visiting insects, proving its ability to provide a comprehensive overview of pollinator communities beyond traditional observational methods. Our data revealed a surprising diversity of flower-visiting insects, including both expected pollinators and possible non-pollinating species utilising pollen and/or nectar as a nutr

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Labandeira, Conrad C. "The Paleobiology of Pollination and its Precursors." Paleontological Society Papers 6 (November 2000): 233–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1089332600000784.

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Perhaps the most conspicuous of associations between insects and plants is pollination. Pollinating insects are typically the first and most obvious of interactions between insects and plants when one encounters a montane meadow or a tropical woodland. The complex ecological structure of insect pollinators and their host plants is a central focus within the ever-expanding discipline of plant-insect interactions. The relationships between plants and insects have provided the empirical documentation of many case-studies that have resulted in the formulation of biological principles and construct

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Li, Nannan, Yizhao Huang, Wei Li, and Shufa Xu. "Virome Analysis Reveals Diverse and Divergent RNA Viruses in Wild Insect Pollinators in Beijing, China." Viruses 14, no. 2 (2022): 227. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v14020227.

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Insect pollinators provide major pollination services for wild plants and crops. Honeybee viruses can cause serious damage to honeybee colonies. However, viruses of other wild pollinating insects have yet to be fully explored. In the present study, we used RNA sequencing to investigate the viral diversity of 50 species of wild pollinating insects. A total of 3 pathogenic honeybee viruses, 8 previously reported viruses, and 26 novel viruses were identified in sequenced samples. Among these, 7 novel viruses were shown to be closely related to honeybee pathogenic viruses, and 4 were determined to

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Vaz, Carlos G., Domingos de Oliveira, and Orlando S. Ohashi. "Pollinator Contribution to the Production of Cowpea in the Amazon." HortScience 33, no. 7 (1998): 1157–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.33.7.1157.

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Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp., is a very important legume in the diet of the population of the Amazon. Although it is autogamous, this species has a cross-pollination rate of ≈10%. Over several years, the mean productivity of cowpea has declined. We suggest that this is linked to a decrease in or an absence of pollinating insects in the fields. The objective of this study is to ascertain the pollinator contribution to cowpea production, as well as to determine the pollination type of the `BR3-Tracuateua' cultivar. In an experimental design, four treatments were compared: no pollination,

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Barda, Myrto, Filitsa Karamaouna, Vaya Kati, and Dionysios Perdikis. "Do Patches of Flowering Plants Enhance Insect Pollinators in Apple Orchards?" Insects 14, no. 2 (2023): 208. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14020208.

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Apples depend on insect pollination but intensification of agriculture jeopardizes pollination services in agroecosystems. Concerns about the dependency of crop pollination exclusively on honey bees increase the interest in agricultural practices that safeguard wild pollinators in agroecosystems. The purpose of the study was to assess the potential of floral resource provision in apple orchards to enhance the conservation of hymenopterous pollinating insects and potentially the pollination service to the crop. For this reason, flowering plant mixtures sown in patches inside apple orchards were

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Cunningham, Saul A., Frances FitzGibbon, and Tim A. Heard. "The future of pollinators for Australian agriculture." Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 53, no. 8 (2002): 893. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ar01186.

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Agriculture in Australia is highly dependent on insect pollination, in particular from the introduced western honeybee, Apis mellifera. Most agricultural pollination is provided as an unpaid service by feral A. mellifera and native insects. A smaller proportion of agricultural pollination is provided as a paid service by beekeepers. Insect pollination is threatened by misuse of insecticides and the loss of remnant vegetation, but most potently by the likelihood that the honeybee mite, Varroa destructor, will enter the country. Now is the time to prepare for the effect of these changes, and int

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Lam, Miranda, Imogen Ryan, and Lynn Dicks. "Pollinator dependence and pollination deficit in Hedera helix, and effects on frugivore feeding choices." Journal of Pollination Ecology 35 (January 31, 2024): 14–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2024)748.

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English ivy (Hedera helix) is an important resource for wildlife in rural and urban ecosystems. It provides pollen and nectar for flower-visiting insects during autumn and fruits for frugivores during winter and spring. A requirement of insect pollination for fruit set in ivy implies that recent declines in pollinator populations can threaten food supply for frugivores. This study investigated the link between pollination services and the quantity and quality of fruit produced in ivy, and how that could in turn influence frugivore feeding choices, in a mixed woodland and an urban garden habita

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Mahy, Grégory, Jacques De Sloover, and Anne-Laure Jacquemart. "The generalist pollination system and reproductive success of Calluna vulgaris in the Upper Ardenne." Canadian Journal of Botany 76, no. 11 (1998): 1843–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b98-133.

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Although specialist pollination systems are often thought to be the outcome of selection, wide evidence exists for generalization within plant-pollinator interactions. We studied the pollination system and reproductive success of Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull over 3 years in an Upper Ardennes site in Belgium. A wide variety of insect visitors was recorded including Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Lepidoptera. Relative abundance of families and species of visitors varied markedly among years except for bees. Bumblebees and honeybees were the most efficient pollinators at the study site. Syrphid flies, m

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Anggraini, Erise, Tia Ellisa Riyanti, Chandra Irsan, et al. "Pollinator Insect Found in Coconut Tree in Banyuasin Regency, South Sumatera." Andalasian International Journal of Entomology 1, no. 01 (2023): 47–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.25077/aijent.1.01.47-50.2023.

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Insect pollinators are insects that play an important role in maintaining the existence of a plant species through pollination and maintaining the genetic diversity of plants in the population maintaining the existence of a plant species through pollination and maintaining the genetic diversity of plants in the population. Pollinator insects generally come from the Hymenoptera order. The purpose of this study was to determine the types of pollinator insect species that dominate coconut plantations in the Banyuasin area of South Sumatra. Data were collected by field observation using the plant

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Anggraini, Erise, Tia Ellisa Riyanti, Chandra Irsan, et al. "Pollinator Insect Found in Coconut Tree in Banyuasin Regency, South Sumatera." Andalasian International Journal of Entomology 1, no. 01 (2023): 37–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.25077/aijent.1.01.37-40.2023.

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Insect pollinators are insects that play an important role in maintaining the existence of a plant species through pollination and maintaining the genetic diversity of plants in the population maintaining the existence of a plant species through pollination and maintaining the genetic diversity of plants in the population. Pollinator insects generally come from the Hymenoptera order. The purpose of this study was to determine the types of pollinator insect species that dominate coconut plantations in the Banyuasin area of South Sumatra. Data were collected by field observation using the plant

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Ríos-Moyano, Diana Katherinne, Fredy Alexander Rodríguez-Cruz, Paola Andrea Hormaza-Martínez, and Augusto Ramírez-Godoy. "Characterization of Pollinators Associated with Cocoa Cultivation and Their Relationship with Natural Effective Pollination." Diversity 17, no. 3 (2025): 189. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17030189.

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Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) relies on insect pollination for fruit production, making it essential to understand the pollinators involved. This study aimed to identify the insects associated with cocoa pollination and their relationship with effective natural pollination in a cocoa agroforestry system in Yopal, Colombia. Indirect (wood traps) and direct (manual aspiration in flowers) methods were used to capture pollinators. The number of captured insects was correlated with the percentage of pollinated, fertilized, aborted, and transitioning flowers using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Add

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Bano, Parveena, Sajad A. Ganie, Humira Mushtaq, et al. "Assessment of Apis mellifera and Other Insect Pollinators in Augmenting Seed Yield of Onion (Allium cepa. L)." UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 46, no. 7 (2025): 194–201. https://doi.org/10.56557/upjoz/2025/v46i74876.

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To identify the pollinator community of insects and its role in onion (Allium cepa L.) pollination, an investigation was carried out at the vegetable research field of SKUAST-K, Shalimar at two hourly basis from 8:00hr-18:00 hr in the bloom period of crop during the year 2021-2022. The observations on diversity of pollinators showed that large number of insect pollinators were found visiting onion bloom. The insect pollinators were found active during the blooming period, however the foraging activity differs significantly at different time intervals of the day, that too among the different in

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Oriani, Aline, Paulo T. Sano, and Vera L. Scatena. "Pollination biology of Syngonanthus elegans (Eriocaulaceae - Poales)." Australian Journal of Botany 57, no. 2 (2009): 94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt08119.

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Studies on the pollination biology of Eriocaulaceae are scarce although particularly interesting because of its inclusion in the Poales, a predominantly wind-pollinated order. The pollination biology of Syngonanthus elegans (Bong.) Ruhland was studied during two annual flowering periods to test the hypothesis that insect pollination was its primary pollination system. A field study was carried out, including observations of the morphology and biology of the flowers, insect visits and pollinator behaviour. We also evaluated seed set, seed germination and seedling development for different polli

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Howard, Scarlett R., Malika Nisal Ratnayake, Adrian G. Dyer, Jair E. Garcia, and Alan Dorin. "Towards precision apiculture: Traditional and technological insect monitoring methods in strawberry and raspberry crop polytunnels tell different pollination stories." PLOS ONE 16, no. 5 (2021): e0251572. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251572.

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Over one third of crops are animal pollinated, with insects being the largest group. In some crops, including strawberries, fruit yield, weight, quality, aesthetics and shelf life increase with insect pollination. Many crops are protected from extreme weather in polytunnels, but the impacts of polytunnels on insects are poorly understood. Polytunnels could reduce pollination services, especially if insects have access issues. Here we examine the distribution and activity of honeybees and non-honeybee wild insects on a commercial fruit farm. We evaluated whether insect distributions are impacte

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Hall, John A., and Gimme H. Walter. "Pollination of the Australian cycad Cycas ophiolitica (Cycadaceae): the limited role of wind pollination in a cycad with beetle pollinator mutualists, and its ecological significance." Journal of Tropical Ecology 34, no. 2 (2018): 121–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467418000111.

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Abstract:Cycads in the Zamiaceae are well known for their host-specific insect pollination mutualisms. Pollination of Cycas in the sister family Cycadaceae is less well-documented, with beetle pollination possibly coexisting with a limited potential for wind pollination, a hypothesis we tested for C. ophiolitica in Central Queensland, Australia. Cones were associated with three species of beetle: an undescribed weevil (Curculionidae), Hapalips sp. (Erotylidae) and Ulomoides sp. (Tenebrionidae). Pollination-vector exclusion experiments compared the pollination success (quantified as % ovules po

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Nancy, NP, MR Amin, MRU Miah, and MG Miah. "Native Insect Pollinators and Their Effect on Sweet Gourd Production." Annals of Bangladesh Agriculture 23, no. 1 (2020): 63–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/aba.v23i1.51474.

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The study was conducted in the field laboratory of the Department of Entomology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh during September 2016 to June 2017 to know the insect pollinators of sweet gourd, their behavior and their role on sweet gourd yield and seed quality. The study showed that ten species of insects belong to seven families in three orders (Lepidoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera) were found as pollinator. The abundance of the pollinator species ranged from 0.1±0.1 to 2.2±0.3 per 30 sweeps. The cabbage butter fly and ant showed statistically

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Mangla, Yash, and Rajesh Tandon. "Insects facilitate wind pollination in pollen-limited Crateva adansonii (Capparaceae)." Australian Journal of Botany 59, no. 1 (2011): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/bt10174.

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Low fruit-set in obligately outbreeding plant species is attributed to a variety of reasons that can be ascertained from reproductive studies. In the present work, the causes of poor natural fruit-set in Crateva adansonii DC. were investigated. Floral biology, the role of wind and insects in pollination and the breeding system of the species were studied in two natural populations for three consecutive seasons (2006–08). The flowers exhibited traits conducive to a mixture of wind and insect pollination (ambophily). Although a variety of insects visited the flowers, they were ineffective in pol

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SITOMPUL, AIDA FITRIANI, ELIDA HAFNI SIREGAR, DEWI IMELDA ROESMA, DAHELMI DAHELMI, and EKO PRASETYA. "Molecular identification of coffee (Coffea arabica) pollinator insects in North Sumatra, Indonesia based on designed COI primers." Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity 19, no. 5 (2018): 1876–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d190540.

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Sitompul F, Siregar EH, Roesma DI, Dahelmi, Prasetya E. 2018. Molecular identification of coffee (Coffea arabica) pollinator insects in North Sumatra, Indonesia based on designed COI primers. Biodiversitas 19: 1877-1883. Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) is one of the most important economic commodities in the province of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Insects associated with pollination of C. arabica are one of the key factors for successful cultivation of C. arabica, but, the research regarding of these was still limited. The population of coffee plant is scattered across the highlands of Indonesia and

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Eeraerts, Maxime, and Ivan Meeus. "Different pollinator sampling methods measure distinct pollinator communities in a mass-flowering crop, which respond differently to the composition of the surrounding landscape." Web Ecology 25, no. 1 (2025): 47–57. https://doi.org/10.5194/we-25-47-2025.

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Abstract. Pollinator insects are essential for the pollination of many crops and wild plants. Recent declines in insect population pose significant challenges for maintaining pollination services. Habitat loss and landscape homogenization are among the primary drivers of these declines. In order to monitor and assess populations of pollinating insects, precise and accurate methods are required. A common method to collect pollinators is pan traps, but this method suffers from a bias due to surrounding flower frequency, yet this remains untested at the large spatial scale such as the landscape.

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P. Suvarna Raju and A.J. Solomon Raju. "Polychorous Puncture Vine Tribulus terrestris L. (Zygophyllaceae), a potential forage source for a guild of insect pollinators during the wet season." Journal of Threatened Taxa 15, no. 5 (2023): 23279–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.8276.15.5.23279-23282.

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Tribulus terrestris is a herbaceous weed capable of growing throughout the year in many habitats. It is hermaphroditic, protogynous, and self-pollinating, although it is also insect-pollinated. The insects involved in pollination use their flowers as a potential forage source by displaying fidelity during the wet season when profuse flowering occurs. The functional traits relating to sexual reproduction such as autonomous selfing, insect-pollination, polychory, and C4 photosynthetic pathway are quite advantageous for the plant to grow as a successful weed in different habitats, prominently in

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Freitas, B. M., and R. J. Paxton. "The role of wind and insects in cashew (Anacardium occidentale) pollination in NE Brazil." Journal of Agricultural Science 126, no. 3 (1996): 319–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600074876.

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SUMMARYThe pollination requirements of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.), an andromonoecious tree, were studied in NE Brazil, where cashew is indigenous. It was shown through the use of bagging and caging experiments, controlled hand-pollination and emasculation of flowers, that the wind plays little role in cashew pollination and that cashew is self-fertile, although only pollen from the large stamen, either male or hermaphrodite-derived, can effect pollination. Insects appear to be the major pollinators of cashew, in agreement with the pollination syndrome suggested by the morphology of its

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Tamburini, Giovanni, Francesco Lami, and Lorenzo Marini. "Pollination benefits are maximized at intermediate nutrient levels." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284, no. 1860 (2017): 20170729. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0729.

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Yield production in flowering crops depends on both nutrient availability and pollination, but their relative roles and potential interactions are poorly understood. We measured pollination benefits to yield in sunflower, combining a gradient in insect pollination (0, 25, 50, 100%) with a continuous gradient in nitrogen (N) fertilization (from 0 to 150 kg N ha −1 ) in an experiment under realistic soil field conditions. We found that pollination benefits to yield were maximized at intermediate levels of N availability, bolstering yield by approximately 25% compared with complete pollinator exc

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Scaven, Victoria L., and Nicole E. Rafferty. "Physiological effects of climate warming on flowering plants and insect pollinators and potential consequences for their interactions." Current Zoology 59, no. 3 (2013): 418–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/59.3.418.

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Abstract Growing concern about the influence of climate change on flowering plants, pollinators, and the mutualistic interactions between them has led to a recent surge in research. Much of this research has addressed the consequences of warming for phenological and distributional shifts. In contrast, relatively little is known about the physiological responses of plants and insect pollinators to climate warming and, in particular, how these responses might affect plant-pollinator interactions. Here, we summarize the direct physiological effects of temperature on flowering plants and pollinati

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Santandreu, Marc, and Francisco Lloret. "Effect of flowering phenology and habitat on pollen limitation in Erica multiflora." Canadian Journal of Botany 77, no. 5 (1999): 734–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b99-015.

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Pollination can be a major factor influencing reproductive success in plants. Pollination may be influenced by variability in pollen production and vector activity associated with environmental heterogeneity in time and space. These factors were addressed experimentally using hand pollinations of Erica multiflora L., a shrub occurring in the western Mediterranean Basin that exhibits a long flowering period. Variation in pollen limitation was considered three times (early, peak, and late) over the flowering season and between two habitats (shrubland and pine forest). The breeding system and the

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Mandal, Eeshita, Md Ruhul Amin, Habibur Rahman, and Abdul Mannan Akanda. "Abundance and foraging behavior of native insect pollinators and their effect on mustard (Brassica juncea L.)." Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 46, no. 2 (2018): 117–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v46i2.39045.

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A field experiment was carried out in Gazipur, Bangladesh to find out the abundance and behavior of native insect pollinators and their impact on the yield and seed quality of mustard (Brassica juncea L.). Total 8 species of insects under 8 different families in 3 orders were found as pollinator and their abundance ranged from 0.5 to 6.6/30 sweeps. The pollinator insects revealed statistically higher abundance compared to pest, predator and other category. The pollinators were most abundant at 11.0 hrs of the day and differed in their landing duration on flower. Ant and cabbage butterfly staye

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Dorji, P., S. Tashi, U. Dorji, K. Tshering, U. Tshomo, and T. Gyeltshen. "Diversity of Pollinator Species and Effect of Pollination on Strawberry Yield and Quality." Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri Lanka 18, no. 3 (2023): 443–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/jas.v18i3.10055.

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Purpose: Insects constitute an important pollinator resource, and they are a key driver for both the fruit yield and the quality. It contributes in ensuring complete pollination and reproductive success of strawberries. However, the comprehensive benefits of insect pollinators in strawberry yield and fruit qualities through pollination are not quantified through empirical evidences. Therefore, this study quantifies the influence of pollinators on strawberry production.Research Method: The experiment was set up with two treatments (i.e., T1 - Open plots of strawberry, T2 – Mesh screen caged plo

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Tarigan, Rasiska, Susilawati Barus, Rina C. Hutabarat, et al. "Keanekaragaman dan aktivitas serangga pengunjung pada bunga wortel." Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia 19, no. 3 (2022): 214–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5994/jei.19.3.214.

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Pollinating insects act as agents for transferring pollen to the pistil that leads to the increase of quality seed production. Since carrot is propagation through seed, insect pollination are important in the reproduction of the crop. The purpose of this study was to observe the diversity and activity of pollinating insects on carrot flowers in the Experimental Garden of the Agricultural Technology Research and Assessment Installation (IP2TP) Berastagi. Scan sampling method was applied to record the pollinator diversity, while the foraging behaviour of the insects was observed using focal samp

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Kevan, Peter G., E. Ann Clark, and Vernon G. Thomas. "Insect pollinators and sustainable agriculture." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 5, no. 1 (1990): 13–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0889189300003179.

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AbstractUnderestimation of the pivotal role played by managed and native insect pollinators is a key constraint to the sustainability of contemporary agricultural practices. The economic value of such insects to pollination, seed set, and fruit formation greatly outweighs that suggested by more conventional indices, such as the value of honey and wax produced by honeybees. Although the European honeybee has been widely regarded as the single most important pollinating species, the increasing spread of trachael and Varroa mites and Africanized bees threatens the distribution and magnitude of tr

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Elisante, Filemon, Patrick Ndakidemi, Sarah E. J. Arnold, et al. "Insect pollination is important in a smallholder bean farming system." PeerJ 8 (October 20, 2020): e10102. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10102.

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Background Many crops are dependent on pollination by insects. Habitat management in agricultural landscapes can support pollinator services and even augment crop production. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important legume for the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in many low-income countries, particularly so in East Africa. While this crop is autogamous, it is frequently visited by pollinating insects that could improve yields. However, the value of pollination services to common beans (Kariasii) yield is not known. Methods We carried out pollinator-exclusion experiments to determ

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Jacquemin, Floriane, Cyrille Violle, Pierre Rasmont, and Marc Dufrêne. "Mapping the dependency of crops on pollinators in Belgium." One Ecosystem 2 (July 26, 2017): e13738. https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.2.e13738.

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Because of their pollinating activity, insect pollinators provide an ecosystem service that is essential to ecosystems and our economy. A large majority of the flowering plants we consume depends on it. In turn, the decline in pollinators observed for the last decades in Belgium as in many other European countries threatens agriculture and human well-being. Here we evaluate the pollination service at a country-wide scale through the estimated value of the contribution of insect pollination to the production used for human consumption in Belgium using crop dependency ratios. We then mapped the

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Blareau, Elsa, Pauline Sy, Karim Daoud, and Fabrice Requier. "Insect-Mediated Pollination of Strawberries in an Urban Environment." Insects 14, no. 11 (2023): 877. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14110877.

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Pollination services provided by a diversity of pollinators are critical in agriculture because they enhance the yield of many crops. However, few studies have assessed pollination services in urban agricultural systems. We performed flower–visitor observations and pollination experiments on strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa) in an urban area near Paris, France, in order to assess the effects of (i) insect-mediated pollination service and (ii) potential pollination deficit on fruit set, seed set, and fruit quality (size, weight, and malformation). Flower–visitor observations revealed that the

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Goulnik, Jérémie, Sylvain Plantureux, Isabelle Dajoz, and Alice Michelot-Antalik. "Using Matching Traits to Study the Impacts of Land-Use Intensification on Plant–Pollinator Interactions in European Grasslands: A Review." Insects 12, no. 8 (2021): 680. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12080680.

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Permanent grasslands are suitable habitats for many plant and animal species, among which are pollinating insects that provide a wide range of ecosystem services. A global crisis in pollination ecosystem service has been highlighted in recent decades, partly the result of land-use intensification. At the grassland scale, however, the underlying mechanisms of land-use intensification that affect plant–pollinator interactions and pollination remain understudied. In this review, we first synthesise the literature to provide new insights into the relationships between land-use intensification and

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Sharma, Manju V., and Kundaranahalli R. Shivanna. "Pollinators, pollination efficiency and fruiting success in a wild nutmeg, Myristica dactyloides." Journal of Tropical Ecology 27, no. 4 (2011): 405–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467411000174.

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Abstract:We investigated the pollinator assemblage in Myristica dactyloides, a dioecious tree species occupying the intermediate canopy stratum of the mid- and high-elevation wet evergreen forests and endemic to Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats of India. We surveyed two populations and, in one of them, marked four male and three female trees for observations on floral display and insect foraging, and two female trees for experimental pollination. Yellow sticky traps were used to sample insects in the canopy during the flowering season of December 2007 in addition to direct observations of insec

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Celis-Diez, Juan L., Camila B. García, Juan J. Armesto, Sebastián Abades, Michael P. D. Garratt, and Francisco E. Fontúrbel. "Wild Floral Visitors Are More Important Than Honeybees as Pollinators of Avocado Crops." Agronomy 13, no. 7 (2023): 1722. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13071722.

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Wild insects provide pollination services in agroecosystems. Avocado is an economically important crop grown in the Chilean Mediterranean climate region and exported worldwide. Avocado pollination is managed using honeybee hives, while the role of wild insects as pollinators remains poorly known. We quantified the relative contributions of wild floral visitors and honeybees to the fruit set of avocados in two contrasting seasons (2015 and 2016) in Central Chile. Observations were made in 60 trees grown nearby (~300 m) to remnant patches of native sclerophyll vegetation. We found that honeybees

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Rosa, Annelise de Souza, Betina Blochtein, and Diego Kweco Lima. "Honey bee contribution to canola pollination in Southern Brazil." Scientia Agricola 68, no. 2 (2011): 255–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0103-90162011000200018.

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Although canola, (Brassica napus L.), is considered a self-pollinating crop, researchers have indicated that crop productivity increases as a result of honey bee Apis mellifera L. pollination. Given this crop's growing importance in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, this work evaluated the increase in pod and seed productivity with respect to interactions with anthophilous insects and manual pollination tests. The visiting frequency of A. mellifera was correlated with the crop's blooming progression, and productivity comparisons were made between plants visited by insects, manually pollinated p

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Castro, Helena, Catarina Siopa, Vinícius Casais, et al. "Spatiotemporal Variation in Pollination Deficits in an Insect-Pollinated Dioecious Crop." Plants 10, no. 7 (2021): 1273. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10071273.

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Inadequate quantity and quality of pollen reaching the stigmas decreases the sexual reproductive output of plants, compromising yield. Still, the current extent of pollen limitation affecting yield (i.e., pollination deficits) is poorly quantified. This study is aimed at quantifying pollination deficits in kiwifruit orchards, a dioecious plant with a fruit caliber and market value largely dependent on pollination services. For that, we set up a pollination experiment and quantified services and yield provided by current pollination vectors, and under optimal pollination, over two years in a to

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Dorin, Alan, Tim Taylor, and Adrian G. Dyer. "Goldilocks’ quarter-hectare urban farm: An agent-based model for improved pollination of community gardens and small-holder farms." PLOS Sustainability and Transformation 1, no. 7 (2022): e0000021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000021.

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Industrial agriculture’s expansive monocultures contrast against community farms of diverse crops in small allotments constrained by urban regulations. These human-controlled differences in scale, arrangement and crop diversity, may differently impact insect foraging and pollination. The relationship between human management and insect pollination is under-explored, especially regarding the implications of insect flower constancy–the tendency of insects to favour visits to a single rewarding flower species during a foraging bout. Although high flower-constancy is associated with reliable polle

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T., V. Sathe, and Gophane Anna. "Pollinating insects of some economically important plants of Kolhapur region, India." Biolife 3, no. 3 (2022): 576–82. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7272837.

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<strong>ABSTRACT</strong> The area of pollinator dependant crops is increasing disproportionately and crop pollinators are under threat of pesticides and other chemicals used in agriculture farming. Therefore, there is need to make the survey of pollinating insects from Kolhapur region of India since this area is agriculturally very sound which contain very rich biodiversity. A total of 30 species of pollinating insect belonging to the five orders <em>viz.</em> Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera and Coleoptera have been reported. Maximum pollinating visits have been made by <em>Apis dorsata</em

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Joshi, Udit, Kiran Kothiyal, Yogesh Kumar, and Rajendra Bhatt. "Role of honeybees in horticultural crop productivity enhancement." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 17, AAEBSSD (2021): 348–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.15740/has/ijas/17-aaebssd/348-355.

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Pollination is vital to conserve the planet’s vast wealth of biodiversity.The pollinator is a living organism transporting pollen grains from the male part to the flower’s fertilizing stigma.Fruit and seed set mainly in cross-pollinated crops dependon honeybees since their bodily parts have been engineered to capture the most pollen grains possible andhavea rapid reproductive rate. Insects are responsible for about 80% of all pollination activity, with bees accounting for over 80% of all insect pollination.Every day, a given bee colony may pollinate about 300 million flowers.Honey bees are con

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SUBBANNA, A. R. N. S., AMIT UMESH PASCHAPUR, SUNAULLAH BHAT, et al. "Effect of insect pollinators on quantitative yield parameters of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in mid-Himalayan region." Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 94, no. 12 (2024): 1349–53. https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v94i12.149745.

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Okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench] is an often cross-pollinated crop with up to 19–42% of cross pollination assisted by insects and planned pollination may improve the economic fruit yield and biological parameters. The present study was carried out during rainy (kharif) seasons of 2021 and 2022 at Research Farm of ICAR-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Hawalbagh, Almora, Uttarakhand to assess the pollinator diversity and possible results (both biological and economical) of planned bee pollination. The study on floral visitors of okra recorded 28 insect spp. belonging to

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Martins Junior, Edivaldo Rodrigues, Ana Carolina Galindo da Costa, Paulo Milet-Pinheiro, et al. "Mixed pollination system and floral signals of Paepalanthus (Eriocaulaceae): insects and geitonogamy ensure high reproductive success." Annals of Botany 129, no. 4 (2022): 473–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac008.

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Abstract Background and Aims Eriocaulaceae exhibit a great variety of floral traits associated with insect (e.g. nectariferous structures) and wind pollination (unisexual flowers, exposed sexual organs and small pollen grains), as well as the ‘selfing syndrome’ (small flowers, short distance between stigma and anthers, and temporal overlap of male and female phases). Paepalanthus bifidus, P. subtilis and P. tortilis are related species that differ in form, size and colour of floral structures. We aimed to investigate the pollination and reproductive biology of these three species. Methods We a

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