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 …

[HTML][HTML] Pollination services in the North China Plain measured using buckwheat sentinel plants; is there a deficit?

Y Chen, C Zhang, W van der Werf - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The transition of food systems for healthy diets and sustainable food systems calls for
greater production of fruit and nuts, ie pollinated crops. The North China Plain (NCP) is a …

Research Progress of Chromosome Doubling and 2n Gametes of Ornamental Plants

L Cui, Z Liu, Y Yin, Y Zou, M Faizan, P Alam, F Yu - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polyploid plants, an important source for the selection of ornamental plants for their
advantages of faster growth, higher yields, and stronger adaptability to an adverse …

Haplotype‐resolved genomes of octoploid species in Phyllanthaceae family reveal a critical role for polyploidization and hybridization in speciation

F Li, Z Hou, S Xu, D Han, B Li, H Hu, J Liu… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Phyllanthaceae family comprises a diverse range of plants with medicinal, edible, and
ornamental value, extensively cultivated worldwide. Polyploid species commonly occur in …

Honey bees are the most abundant visitors to Australian watermelon but native stingless bees are equally effective as pollinators

ECW Subasinghe Arachchige, R Rader… - Ecological Solutions …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the benefits of a diverse approach to crop pollination, global food production
remains reliant on a low diversity of managed pollinators, especially the European honey …

Role of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles in mitigating hyperhydricity in micropropagated watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thunb.) and assessment of genetic fidelity …

V Vasudevan, M Manickavasagam… - South African Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is one of the five most consumed fresh fruits and is a
commercially important horticulture crop. The consumer demand for seedless watermelons …

Varied chromosome distribution behaviours during meiosis in triploid Chinese chives contribute to the formation of viable pollen

PQ Yao, LH Xie, MY Li, SQ Jiao, SZ Qi, Z Wang… - Chromosome …, 2024 - Springer
Triploids play an important role in the polyploidization process and are considered a bridge
between diploids and polyploids. To inform plant polyploidization research and polyploid …

Floral biology, pollination biology, and breeding mechanisms reveal challenges to the restoration of Buchanania lanzan, a vulnerable plant species

S Bhatnagar, R Kumari - Flora, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding a species' reproductive biology, which encompasses floral biology,
pollination biology, and breeding system, is necessary for the restoration of endangered …

[HTML][HTML] Spores of Radulaceae (Marchantiophyta) exhibit a level of micromorphological diversity far beyond expectation

FR Oliveira-da-Silva, AP Luizi-Ponzo… - Acta Botanica …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Radulaceae is one of the most isolated lineages of leafy liverworts. This family contains
three genera and between 200 and 350 extant species worldwide. Most species belong to …

Ruellia whitneyana, a new species of Acanthaceae from Bolivia

EA Manzitto-Tripp, M Luján, D Clark - Systematic Botany, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
We here describe a new species of flowering plant to science, Ruellia whitneyana
(Acanthaceae), so far known only from Bolivia. This species occupies wet forest understories …