Apple pollination: A review

Ramírez, Fernando; Davenport, Thomas L.

doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2013.08.007

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“…These families are common flower visitors globally (Kevan, ) and important pollinators of a number of native Australian plant species (Armstrong, ; Peakall & Handel, ). Syrphidae, in particular, are known to pollinate other orchard crops, such as avocado (Ish‐Am et al ., ) and apple (Ramírez & Davenport, ), and have been documented pollinating almond flowers in North America (Klein et al ., ; Brittain et al ., ), although there is no information available on their effectiveness as an almond pollinator in Australia. In addition to their potential as pollinators, these families are important biological control agents and their efficiency as control agents can be influenced by the level of floral diversity in crop fields (Heimpel & Jervis, ).…”

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Spatial and temporal variation in pollinator community structure relative to a woodland-almond plantation edge

Saunders

Luck

2014

Agr Forest Entomol

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1 Agricultural landscape elements, such as field edges, are not always a barrier to insects but can influence their distribution and dispersal behaviour. 2 The present study investigated spatial and temporal patterns in wild pollinator (fly, wasp and non-Apis bee) distribution across an edge between natural mallee woodland and monoculture almond plantations in southern Australia, during the critical almond flowering period. This is the first study of variation in pollinator community distribution on both sides of an edge between natural vegetation and flowering tree crop plantations. Species richness, diversity and evenness (SHE) analysis was also used to identify changes in pollinator community structure relative to the edge. 3 It is shown that the spatial distribution and structure of pollinator communities can vary across a habitat edge with an abrupt temporal changes in resources. Our results suggest that the plantation edge did not prevent wild pollinators spilling over from woodlands, although vegetation homogeneity and phenological changes in resources most likely influenced the dispersal of pollinators into plantation interiors. 4 The findings of the present study contribute to our knowledge of edge responses by insects in managed landscapes and could motivate growers to adopt ecological management practices in commercial plantations. Future studies of insects near farmland edges should include samples on both sides of the edge and should also consider the landscape context.

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Spatial and temporal variation in pollinator community structure relative to a woodland-almond plantation edge

Saunders

Luck

2014

Agr Forest Entomol

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“…This translates into important fluxes of pollinators into agricultural and adjacent seminatural habitats during the flowering season of crops (Box 3). Globally, these managed pollinator species represent around 20 species among all social and solitary bee species (Stout and Morales, 2009 A. mellifera is used for honey production and to pollinate MFC such as almonds (Cunningham et al, 2016), mango (Geslin et al, 2016c), apples (Ramírez and Davenport, 2013), pears (Stern et al, 2004) and many others (Garibaldi et al, 2013(Garibaldi et al, , 2016. Contrary to other Apis species that are restricted to Asia, a the native geographical range of A. mellifera spans from Scandinavia to Central Asia and the African continent (Ruttner, 1988;Seeley, 1985;Sheppard and Meixner, 2003).…”

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Massively Introduced Managed Species and Their Consequences for Plant–Pollinator Interactions

Geslin

Gauzens

Baude

et al. 2017

Networks of Invasion: Empirical Evidence and Case Studies

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“…The controlled pollination allows to estimate the performance of several cultivars in the orchard, so this method is recommended to determine the appropriate pollinizer sets (Mahmoudi et al 2007). Study of controlled pollination is important because simultaneously, overlapping flowering time should be checked (Ramírez & Davenport 2013;(Dorostkar et al 2011). Gharghani et al (2009) reported that, at least for apple, the balloon stage is a proper stage of flower development for emasculation to prevent the production of progeny by self-pollination.…”

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Study on Pollination and Selection of the Most Suitable Pollinizers for Commercial Pear Cultivars (Pyrus communisL.) in Iran

Tatari

Ghasemi

Mousavi

et al. 2017

Journal of Horticultural Research

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The cultivated pear is an economically important fruit tree species of genus Pyrus in which often gametophytic self-incompatibility occurs. Therefore, this species need to be pollinated by cross-compatible cultivars that bloom in the same time. Selection of appropriate pollinizers for pear cultivars is very important to produce commercial yield. 'Sebri', ' Shahmiveh' and 'Natanzi' are the best commercial cultivars in Iran, but the lack of a suitable source of pollen can reduce productivity. In order to select the most suitable pollinizer for these pear cvs, an experiment was conducted in which they were considered as pollen recipients and 'Coscia', 'Bartlett' and 'Sardroud' along with 'Sebri', 'Shahmiveh' and 'Natanzi' were evaluated as pollen donors. This research was conducted as a factorial experiment in randomized complete block design for four years. Recipient and donor cultivars had almost overlapping flowering time. The flower buds on selected branches were emasculated at balloon stage and then were counted and isolated with cotton tissue bags. Pollen grains of these pollinizers were collected in the laboratory. Isolation bags were taken off from the branches and emasculated flowers were pollinated with pollen grains of listed pollinizers during receptibility of stigma. The number of pollinated flowers was counted, and branches were covered again with the bags. The results showed that for 'Sebri' the best pollinizer was 'Coscia' with 5.7% fruit set, for 'Shahmiveh' 'Bartlett' cv. with 5.8% of fruit set and for 'Natanzi', 'Shahmiveh' with 5.5% of fruit set.

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Apple pollination: A review

Cited by 125 publications

References 120 publications

Spatial and temporal variation in pollinator community structure relative to a woodland-almond plantation edge

Spatial and temporal variation in pollinator community structure relative to a woodland-almond plantation edge

Massively Introduced Managed Species and Their Consequences for Plant–Pollinator Interactions

Study on Pollination and Selection of the Most Suitable Pollinizers for Commercial Pear Cultivars (Pyrus communisL.) in Iran

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