Intraspecific crop diversity for enhanced crop pollination success. A review

S Chabert, M Eeraerts, LW DeVetter, M Borghi… - Agronomy for …, 2024 - Springer
Interspecific crop diversity (eg, intercrop**) has been documented to promote
sustainability in agroecological systems with benefits for pollination services and insect …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of pollination requirements, pollinators, landscape and management practices on pollination in sweet and sour cherry: A systematic review

J Osterman, Z Mateos-Fierro, C Siopa, H Castro… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Insect-mediated pollination is crucial for global production of multiple pollinator-dependent
crops, including high-value crops like sweet and sour cherry. In the face of increasing …

Pollination deficits and their relation with insect pollinator visitation are cultivar-dependent in an entomophilous crop

M Eeraerts, S Chabert, LW DeVetter, P Batáry… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Insects contribute considerably to global crop pollination, with pollination deficits being
documented for multiple entomophilous or pollinator-dependent crops. Different cultivars of …

How much is enough? optimizing beehive stocking densities to maximize the production of a pollinator-dependent crop

AF Ramírez-Mejía, NP Chacoff, P Cavigliasso… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Animal pollination is essential to guarantee the economic viability of pollination-dependent
crops, and honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) play a central role as the most used species …

[HTML][HTML] Management factors strongly affect flower-visiting insects in intensive apple orchards

E Granata, E Mogilnaia, C Alessandrini, K Sethi… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2025 - Elsevier
Context Pollination is an essential ecosystem service, and primary pollinators such as
insects are largely declining. Agricultural intensification is one of the main drivers of such …

The specialised buzz pollination syndrome poses a partial barrier to plant invasions

LC Lopresti, L Lach, D Montesinos - Journal of Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plants that exhibit generalised pollination syndromes have been hypothesised to become
invasive more easily compared with specialists, yet the degree to which specialised …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal pollination thresholds to maximize blueberry production

AF Ramírez-Mejía, NP Chacoff, SB Lomáscolo… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pollination management for highbush blueberry crops (Vaccinium spp.) generally depends
on beehives stocked at variable densities, with little consideration given to optimal …

Distinct pollinator communities persist among co-flowering specialty crops in Indiana

E Stroh, A Leach, Z Mateos-Fierro… - Journal of Pollination …, 2024 - pollinationecology.org
Diverse bee communities pollinate fruits and vegetables, and the composition of these
communities has been described for many specialty crops in major production regions …

Genotypic variation in blueberry flower morphology and nectar reward content affects pollinator attraction in a diverse breeding population

J Cromie, JJ Ternest, AP Komatz, PM Adunola… - BMC Plant …, 2024 - Springer
Background Pollination is crucial to obtaining optimal blueberry yield and fruit quality.
Despite substantial investments in seasonal beekee** services, blueberry producers …

Diversity and spatial arrangement of cultivars influences bee pollination and yields in southern highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum x darrowii

RE Mallinger, S Chabert, SM Naranjo, V Vo - Scientia Horticulturae, 2024 - Elsevier
Bees can facilitate cross-pollination in crops by moving pollen between distinct crop
genotypes or cultivars, with pollination success dependent on both bee behavior and …