Synthesis of highbush blueberry pollination research reveals region‐specific differences in the contributions of honeybees and wild bees

M Eeraerts, LW DeVetter, P Batáry… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Highbush blueberry production has expanded worldwide in recent decades. To safeguard
future yields, it is essential to understand if insect pollination is limiting current blueberry …

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, intercropping) has been documented to promote
sustainability in agroecological systems with benefits for pollination services and insect …

Insufficient pollinator visitation often limits yield in crop systems worldwide

KJ Turo, JR Reilly, TPM Fijen, A Magrach… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Declining pollinator populations could threaten global food production, especially if current
crop yields are limited by insufficient pollinator visitation to flowers, in a phenomenon …

A minimum of 15% semi-natural habitat facilitates adequate wild pollinator visitation to a pollinator-dependent crop

M Eeraerts - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
The continued expansion of pollinator-dependent crops increases our reliance on insect
pollinators, with wild pollinators providing a considerable proportion of pollination services …

Landscape-level honey bee hive density, instead of field-level hive density, enhances honey bee visitation in blueberry

M Eeraerts, E Rogers, B Gillespie, L Best, OM Smith… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Context To date, managing honey bees and wild bees within crop fields remains
challenging. Landscape structure is often overlooked when studying the pollination …

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 …

[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 …

Landscape structure and farming management interacts to modulate pollination supply and crop production in blueberries

AF Ramírez‐Mejía, PG Blendinger… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pollination services are affected by landscape context, farming management and pollinator
community structure, all of which impact flower visitation rates, pollen deposition and final …

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] 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 …