Production of seedless fruits an underestimated tool for improving food security
Production of seedless fruits an under-estimated tool for improving food security, research shows
Ecology
Nov 11, 2016
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News tagged with crop pollination
Video: Empowering Maine's mightiest pollinators
For the last 30 years, Drummond, professor of insect ecology at the University of Maine, has studied the biology, ecology, disease susceptibility and pesticide exposure of Maine's 275 native species of bees, as well as the ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2016
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Surveys of corn and soybean fields reveal implications for pollinator conservation
Although corn and soybeans do not need insects for pollination, they do offer floral resources that are used by insect pollinators. So what kind of insects are commonly found in corn and soybean fields? The answer to that ...
Ecology
Aug 11, 2016
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Pollinator species vital to our food supply are under threat, warn experts
A new report from experts and Government around the world addresses threats to animal pollinators such as bees, birds and bats that are vital to more than three-quarters of the world's food crops, and intimately linked to ...
Ecology
Feb 26, 2016
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Increasing pollinator numbers and diversity a possible way to increase crop yields
(Phys.org)—A large team of researchers with members from across the globe has found that small farms with higher densities of pollinators produce more food than those with lower densities—for larger farms, the difference ...
Study suggests bees aren't the be all and end all for crop pollination
Farmers who used pesticides that spared bees but sacrificed killed other insects might be ignoring important sources of crop pollination, according to an Australian-led international scientific study.
Ecology
Nov 30, 2015
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EPA bans sale of pesticide that's toxic to honeybees
It's the end of the line for sulfoxaflor, a pesticide used on a wide variety of produce, but that has been found to be toxic to honeybees that are crucial to pollination of crops.
Ecology
Nov 14, 2015
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Experiment confirms that insects play a key role in the pollination of cultivated plants
A lack of bees and other wild insects to pollinate crop plants can reduce harvest yields more drastically than a lack of fertilizer or a failure to provide the crops with sufficient water. When crops are adequately pollinated, ...
Ecology
Jun 10, 2014
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Attracting wild bees to farms is a good insurance policy
Investing in habitat that attracts and supports wild bees in farms is not only an effective approach to helping enhance crop pollination, but it can also pay for itself in four years or less, according to Michigan State University ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 3, 2014
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Carbon farming schemes should consider multiple cobenefits
Carbon markets and related international schemes that allow payments to landholders for planting trees, sometimes called carbon farming, are intended to support sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere. But they will have ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2013
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