Achievements and challenges of genomics-assisted breeding in forest trees: From marker-assisted selection to genome editing

S Ahmar, P Ballesta, M Ali, F Mora-Poblete - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forest tree breeding efforts have focused mainly on improving traits of economic importance,
selecting trees suited to new environments or generating trees that are more resilient to …

Eucalyptus camaldulensis in South Africa – past, present, future

H Hirsch, MH Allsopp, S Canavan… - Transactions of the …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Eucalyptus camaldulensis can be seen as an iconic tree of superlatives. It is the eucalypt
with the widest native range, and one of the most widely planted eucalypts around the globe …

[PDF][PDF] Biotic interactions as mediators of biological invasions: insights from South Africa

JJ Le Roux, S Clusella-Trullas… - … Invasions in South …, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Biotic interactions as mediators of biological invasions: insights from South Africa Page 400
Chapter 14 Biotic Interactions as Mediators of Biological Invasions: Insights from South Africa …

[HTML][HTML] Competition between wild and honey bees: Floral resources as a common good providing multiple ecosystem services

L Mouillard-Lample, G Gonella, A Decourtye… - Ecosystem Services, 2023 - Elsevier
It is increasingly acknowledged that bees are declining, notably as a result of global
changes such as climate and land-use changes that affect the abundance and diversity of …

Economic effects and responses to changes in honey bee health

PM Ferrier, RR Rucker, WN Thurman, M Burgett - 2018 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Since 2006, winter losses of managed honey bee colonies in the United States have
averaged 28.7 percent, approximately double the 15.0-percent historical rate. These …

Sublethal imidacloprid effects on honey bee flower choices when foraging

A Karahan, I Çakmak, JM Hranitz, I Karaca, H Wells - Ecotoxicology, 2015 - Springer
Neonicotinoids, systemic neuro-active pesticides similar to nicotine, are widely used in
agriculture and are being investigated for a role in honey bee colony losses. We examined …

A review of habitat and distribution of common stingless bees and honeybees species in African savanna ecosystems

J Chakuya, E Gandiwa, N Muboko… - Tropical Conservation …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and Research Aims Globally, concerns over a decline in insect pollinator
abundance have been raised. Although bees were noted to be key pollinating agents for …

Proximity to natural habitat and flower plantings increases insect populations and pollination services in South African apple orchards

F Ratto, P Steward, SM Sait, JS Pryke… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introducing areas of wildflower vegetation within crop fields has been shown to enhance
pollinator activity and pollination services to crops, and findings in Europe showed an …

Agroforestry: an appropriate and sustainable response to a changing climate in Southern Africa?

JP Sheppard, R Bohn Reckziegel, L Borrass… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Agroforestry is often discussed as a strategy that can be used both for the adaptation to and
the mitigation of climate change effects. The climate of southern Africa is predicted to be …

Genomic Predictions Using Low-Density SNP Markers, Pedigree and GWAS Information: A Case Study with the Non-Model Species Eucalyptus cladocalyx

P Ballesta, D Bush, FF Silva, F Mora - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
High-throughput genotyping techniques have enabled large-scale genomic analysis to
precisely predict complex traits in many plant species. However, not all species can be well …