Overview of bee pollination and its economic value for crop production

SAM Khalifa, EH Elshafiey, AA Shetaia, AAA El-Wahed… - Insects, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There is a rising demand for food security in the face of threats posed by a
growing human population. Bees as an insect play a crucial role in crop pollination …

Cover crops for sustainable crop** systems: a review

V Quintarelli, E Radicetti, E Allevato, SR Stazi… - Agriculture, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Cover crop** is a promising and sustainable agronomic practice to ameliorate soil health
and crop performances in agro-ecosystems. Indeed, cover crops (CCs) may regulate several …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of cover crops at the four spheres: A review of ecosystem services, potential barriers, and future directions for North America

LL Van Eerd, I Chahal, Y Peng, JC Awrey - Science of the Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Cover crops have been studied for over a century, but the recognition of a complex
interaction of cover crop on the Earth's biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and …

Integrated pest and pollinator management–expanding the concept

O Lundin, M Rundlöf, M Jonsson… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The objective of integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) is to co‐manage for pest
control and pollination goals. Departing from the well‐established concept of integrated pest …

Floral resource diversification promotes solitary bee reproduction and may offset insecticide effects–evidence from a semi‐field experiment

F Klaus, T Tscharntke, G Bischoff, I Grass - Ecology Letters, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Pollinator declines in agricultural landscapes are driven by multiple stressors, but potential
interactions of these remain poorly studied. Using a highly replicated semi‐field study with …

Impact of biotic and abiotic stressors on managed and feral bees

J Belsky, NK Joshi - Insects, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Large-scale declines in bee abundance and species richness over the last decade have
sounded an alarm, given the crucial pollination services that bees provide. Population dips …

Drought stress alters floral volatiles and reduces floral rewards, pollinator activity, and seed set in a global plant

CC Rering, JG Franco, KM Yeater, RE Mallinger - Ecosphere, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant–pollinator interactions are mediated by floral signals and by the quantity and quality of
floral rewards. Biotic and abiotic disturbances can influence plant reproductive success …

Historical decrease in agricultural landscape diversity is associated with shifts in bumble bee species occurrence

J Hemberger, MS Crossley, C Gratton - Ecology Letters, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification is a key suspect among putative drivers of recent insect declines,
but an explicit link between historical change in agricultural land cover and insect …

The potential of multi-species mixtures to diversify cover crop benefits

T Chapagain, EA Lee, MN Raizada - Sustainability, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Cover crops provide a range of well-documented benefits to growers and the environment.
However, no single species can deliver all of these benefits, and hence planting mixtures is …

Beyond the decline of wild bees: Optimizing conservation measures and bringing together the actors

M Drossart, M Gérard - Insects, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Wild bees represent the main group of pollinators in Europe, being
responsible for the reproduction of numerous flowering plants. However, like a non …