Animal pollination contributes to more than half of Citrus production
MARCOS MONASTEROLO,
Andrés Felipe Ramírez-Mejía,
Pablo Cavigliasso
et al.
Abstract:Animal pollination is crucial for the reproduction and economic viability of a wide range of crops. Despite the existing data, the extent to which citrus crops depend on pollinators to guarantee fruit production still needs to be determined. Here, we described the composition of flower visitors in citrus (Citrus spp.) from the main growing areas of Argentina; moreover, we combined Bayesian models and empirical simulations to assess the contribution of animal pollination on fruit set and yield ha− 1 in differen… Show more
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