• To investigate the presence of viruses in bees in southern Brazil, we used a metagenomic approach to sequence adults' samples of concentrated extracts from Apis mellifera collected in fifteen apiaries of six municipalities in the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, between 2016 and 2017. (bvsalud.org)
  • (http://www.who.int/globalchange/publications/biodiversity-human-health/en/, accessed 21 February 2018). (who.int)
  • (https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-11/cop-11-dec-06-en.pdf, accessed 21 February 2018). (who.int)
  • It addresses the role of native and exotic pollinators, the status of and trends in pollinators and pollination networks and services, drivers of change, impacts on human well-being, food production of pollination declines and deficits and the effectiveness of responses to pollination declines and deficits. (ipbes.net)
  • The formation of a " Coalition of the Willing " by a growing number of Governments around the world, inspired by the assessment to act nationally to protect pollinators and to promote pollination. (ipbes.net)
  • The assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on pollinators, pollination and food production. (ipbes.net)
  • If these key pollinators are negatively affected by climate change, network structure and the pollination service that depends on it would be seriously compromised. (napier.ac.uk)
  • Insect pollinators are required for the pollination of two-thirds of the world's plants. (missouri.edu)
  • Insect pollinators provide major pollination services for wild plants and crops. (bvsalud.org)
  • It is concluded for the first time that mini-tents of these novel nonwoven fabrics, engineered for both larger pores for air permeability and fibre architecture to prevent pollen transmission, adequately eliminated cross-pollination while maintaining ambient environmental conditions and are effective for sugar beet breeding. (academicjournals.org)
  • Cross pollination creates a new variety. (wine-blog.org)
  • Insects and wind are agents of cross-pollination. (wine-blog.org)
  • Example: From GMO Awareness , and remember, cross pollination does not cause any disruptions to the health of anything. (wine-blog.org)
  • Three pollination control tents (PCTs) made from novel nonwoven synthetic fabrics with more open pore structure (DWB10, DWB23 and DWB24) were compared with the standard DWB01 fabric for pollen proofing in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) at the research station of Lion Seed Ltd Essex, UK in 2019. (academicjournals.org)
  • This Assessment covers changes in animal pollination as a regulating ecosystem service that underpins food production and its contribution to gene flows and restoration of ecosystems. (ipbes.net)
  • The Assessment informs enhanced policy responses to declines and deficits in pollination by identifying policy-relevant findings for decision-making in government, the private sector and civil society, as well as helping to demonstrate how an essential ecosystem service contributes to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. (ipbes.net)
  • 25-26 May 2016, Nairobi - Biodiversity and ecosystem services are at the heart of many solutions to sustainable increase in agricultural productivity. (fao.org)
  • They can be designed to build upon and harness the forces of biodiversity and ecosystem services to underpin sustainable agricultural production - soil fertility, natural pest and weed control, pollination, water retention - so that these are optimized and encouraged. (fao.org)
  • Our findings suggest that pollination ecosystem service in the High Arctic is remarkably resilient. (napier.ac.uk)
  • Globally, bee pollination is the most valuable ecosystem service provided by wildlife. (missouri.edu)
  • Biodiversity underpins the ecological functions and processes that give rise to the benefits provided by ecosystems ("ecosystem services"), including purification of water and air, pest and disease control, pollination, soil fertility, and resilience to climate change. (who.int)
  • The following plants are pollinated more efficiently by buzz pollination: All species in Primula sect. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, reliance on a single insect species, the honeybee, for the pollination of a huge portion of the human food supply can be dangerous. (sare.org)
  • Such generality is instrumental in allowing exotic plant species to invade pollination networks. (usgs.gov)
  • We describe and make freely available this 2016 release of the database, containing more than 3.2 million records sampled at over 26,000 locations and representing over 47,000 species. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Insects provide key pollination services in most terrestrial biomes, but this service depends on a multi-step interaction between insect and plant. (napier.ac.uk)
  • Pollination by frugivorous birds represents a special case of mutualism that highlights the evolutionary complexities of plant-animal interactions. (peerj.com)
  • Honeybees cannot perform buzz pollination. (wikipedia.org)
  • Honeybees contribute approximately $15 billion in pollination services to U.S. commercial agriculture annually. (sare.org)
  • To explore the possibility of transmission of viruses from these hornets to honeybees, we performed a viral metagenomic analysis of Asian hornets collected in Belgium in 2016. (cdc.gov)
  • An ever-expanding list of national strategies and action plans on pollination, premised on the outcomes of the assessment, in countries including, among others: France, the Netherlands, Brazil, South Africa and the Republic of Korea. (ipbes.net)
  • In this study, we combine data on visitation, pollen transport, and single-visit pollen deposition to estimate functional outcomes in the high-Arctic plant-pollinator network of Zackenberg, Northeast Greenland, a model system for global warming-associated impacts in pollination services. (napier.ac.uk)
  • As concern about declining pollinator populations mounts, it is important to understand the range of insect taxa that provide pollination services. (usgs.gov)
  • The second of seven listening sessions for the Managed Pollinator Protection Plan was held at the Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. (thecre.com)
  • Dafni, A & Vereecken, NJ 2016, ' Pollination biology from micro-morphological adaptations to community ecology of plant-pollinator interactions ', Plant Biology , vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 3-8. (haifa.ac.il)
  • The total wild crop for 2016 is estimated to be at 300 million pounds, 20 million pounds less than 2015. (umaine.edu)
  • Blueberry plants typically require pollination in order to produce fruit. (usda.gov)
  • We observed several varieties of rabbiteye blueberry that produce fruit without pollination and undertook a survey to determine how commonly this may occur in rabbiteye blueberry. (usda.gov)
  • Under greenhouse conditions, several rabbiteye blueberry cultivars regularly set fruit and develop it to maturity without pollination. (usda.gov)
  • Over two decades of rapid climate warming, we sampled the network repeatedly: in 1996, 1997, 2010, 2011 and 2016. (napier.ac.uk)
  • However, empirical studies that focus on the potential for interaction between animal pollination and hybridization to affect and contribute to evolutionary diversification are rare. (nature.com)
  • Weekly networks for the middle of the flowering season emerged as especially important, as most pollination service can be expected to be provided by these large, highly-nested networks. (napier.ac.uk)
  • Pollination occurs in the following year once the parental lines have overwintered and vernalised for transition from vegetative to reproductive phase. (academicjournals.org)
  • Here we include new sequences of Myrrhinium atropurpureum in a comprehensive molecular phylogeny based on a balanced sample of two plastid and two nuclear markers, with the aim of providing the historical framework of pollination by frugivorous birds in Myrteae. (peerj.com)
  • We report an unanticipated transcriptional activity triggered in stigma upon incompatible pollination and show that following compatible interaction, components of the pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) pathway are induced on the female side. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our work unveils the molecular signatures of compatible and incompatible pollinations both at the male and female side. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One well-known suite of floral traits is associated with the bird pollination syndrome-ornithophily, which is present in some 65 flowering plant families ( Cronk & Ojeda, 2008 ). (peerj.com)
  • 2009). The Animal and Plant Health Agency (2016) in its Technical Standard Supplements laid out 1000 m isolation distance from any pollen source of genus Beta for producing basic or certified seed. (academicjournals.org)
  • Fourty-eight rabbiteye varieties were grown in the greenhouse under conditions that prevented insect pollination and evaluated over two years for fruit size and number of fruit. (usda.gov)
  • Beth is just one of the young environmental leaders we are supporting through a unique partnership between the Pollination Project and Levi Strauss & Co. (levistrauss.com)
  • The Plenary approved the Summary for Policymakers and accepted the chapters of the Assessment at its 4th session in February 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (IPBES 4). (ipbes.net)
  • Fruit production varied among the varieties, ranging from varieties that produce little or no fruit to those that produced many fruit without pollination. (usda.gov)
  • The bloom period was not ideal as the cold and rain probably reduced pollination, but fruit set seems to be good. (umaine.edu)
  • The program is designed to ensure funding reaches communities that don't typically have access to grants from U.S. foundations like the Pollination Project, or international companies like Levi Strauss & Co. (levistrauss.com)
  • Together with the Pollination Project, we are bringing opportunities to young environmentalists around the globe so that they can have an outsized impact where they live and work," said Michael Kobori, vice president of sustainability, Levi Strauss & Co. (levistrauss.com)