The aculeate wasps are one of the most diverse and speciose insect taxa; they are
omnipresent across ecosystems and exhibit diverse co‐evolutionary and exploitative …

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

Many commercially grown fruits and vegetables benefit substantially from biotic pollination,
worth more than US $316 bn to the global economy. Watermelon is one of the most …

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is an important crop cultivated in India and other warmer
regions of the world. The crop is dependent on insect pollinators for its fruit set. However …

Insecticide use and insufficient forage are two of the leading stressors to pollinators in
agroecosystems. While these factors have been well studied individually, the experimental …

Production of pollinator-dependent crops (PDCs) is increasing. However, pollinators are
declining partly due to loss of floral resources. There is urgency to mitigate this decline and …

Insect pollination plays a vital role for the yield of many crops, such as apples, strawberries
and coffee, which are economically significant commodities on the global market. Yet …

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 …

The presence of pollinating insects in crop fields is an essential factor for agricultural
production and pollinator conservation. Agricultural intensification has been identified as a …

Many ground-nesting bees are known contributors to crop pollination, but only a few
specialist pollinating species are managed within agricultural systems. On the whole, most …