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
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News tagged with insect pollinators
Scientists show cities can serve as a refuge for insect pollinators
Residents living in towns and cities can play a major role in ensuring insect pollinators survive and thrive around them, a team of international scientists has said.
Ecology
Sep 30, 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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Loss of wild flowers across Britain matches pollinator decline
The first ever Britain-wide assessment of the value of wild flowers as food for pollinators, led by the University of Bristol, shows that decreasing resources mirror the decline of pollinating insects, providing new evidence ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 4, 2016
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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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Study explores what we know about how neonicotinoids affect bees
An international group of pollination experts - including a University of Guelph professor - has published a second summary in as many years on the scientific evidence about the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on bees.
Ecology
Oct 30, 2015
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Which insects are the best pollinators?
Bees top the charts for pollination success according to one of the first studies of insect functionality within pollination networks, published today by researchers at the University of Bristol and the University of St Andrews.
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2015
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Biologist Berry Brosi on Obama's 'plan bee'
President Obama recently launched perhaps the most ambitious national plan ever aimed at protecting insects. The National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honeybees and Other Pollinators calls for an "all hands on deck" ...
Ecology
Jun 16, 2015
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Tenth of wild bee species risk extinction in Europe
Nearly 10 percent of some 2,000 species of European wild bees are threatened with extinction, according to a study published Thursday.
Ecology
Mar 19, 2015
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Fighting decline of pollinators in Europe
Pollination is crucial to providing food security with 84% of European crops benefitting, at least in part, from insect pollination and 78% of temperate wildflowers needing biotic pollination. An estimated ~10% of the total ...
Ecology
Feb 19, 2015
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