Fruiting of most cucurbits, among them several commercially used species, relies on
animals that transfer pollen from male to female flowers. To attract their pollinators, many …

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

Pest management practices in modern industrial agriculture have increasingly relied on
insurance-based insecticides such as seed treatments that are poorly correlated with pest …

Seedlessness is a crucial quality trait in table grape (Vitis vinifera L.) breeding. However, the
development of seeds involved intricate regulations, and the polygenic basis of seed …

With a significant decline in the bee population, there is an increasing demand for
automated robotic pollination. This study proposes a novel approach for automating …

Insect pests and pollinators can interact directly and indirectly to affect crop production;
however, impacts of these interactions on marketable yield are little known. Thus, the …

Integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) has been touted as a novel approach to
control pests while mitigating negative effects of insecticides on pollinators. In addition to …

Numerous environmental and endogenous signals control the highly orchestrated and
intricate process of plant senescence. Ethylene, a well-known inducer of senescence, has …

Itoh hybrids are intersectional hybrids in Paeonia L. with sect. Moutan and sect. Paeonia as
paternal and maternal parents, respectively. Therefore, these hybrids have herbaceous …

For most food crops the identity and efficiency of pollinators across key growing regions
remains a significant knowledge gap that needs to be addressed before we can develop …