Benefits of Insect Pollination in Brassicaceae: A Meta-Analysis of Self-Compatible and Self-Incompatible Crop Species

Abstract

This paper reviewed the effects of insect pollination on the yield parameters of plants from the family Brassicaceae presenting different breeding systems. Meta-analysis indicates that in both self-compatible and self-incompatible crop species, meta-analysis indicates that seed yield (Y), silique set (SQS), number of siliquae/plant (NSQ), and the number of seeds/silique (NSSQ) increase when plants are insect-pollinated compared to when there is no insect pollination. The weight of seeds (WS), however, increased in self-incompatible species but not in self-compatible ones as a result of insect pollination. Overall, the percentage of studies showing a positive effect of insect pollination on yield parameters was higher in self-incompatible than in self-compatible species. It was shown that the ability of self-compatible species to reproduce does not fully compensate for the loss of yield benefits in the absence of insect pollination. Cultivated Brassicaceae attract a wide variety of pollinators, with honeybees (Apis spp.) such as A. mellifera L., A. cerana F., A. dorsata F., and A. florea F. (Hymenoptera: Apidae); other Apidae, such as bumblebees (Bombus spp.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae); mining bees (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae); sweat bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae); and hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) constituting the most common ones. The benefits of insect pollination imply that pollinator conservation programs play a key role in maximizing yield in cruciferous crops.

Global Trends in Climate Suitability of Bees: Ups and Downs in a Warming World

“…The specifics regarding the proportional alterations of each species across individual continents can be found within the supplementary data (https:// github.com/ehsanrahimi666/ehsanrahimi666-Climate-Change-Effects-on-Bees, accessed on 20 October 2023). To gain a deeper understanding of the study's findings and their implications for the impact of climate change on species by 2070, we selected Apis mellifera, as the most commonly observed floral visitor in natural environments globally [39] that serves as a primary pollinator for various crops worldwide [40], to illustrate how climate suitability could change due to the effects of global warming. Figure 1 illustrates climate suitability maps for Apis mellifera, both in the present and the future in North America (A and B) and Africa (C and D).…”

RESPONS KETERTARIKAN HAMA PENGGEREK BUAH KOPI (Hypothenemus hampei) TERHADAP KOMPOSISI RASIO SENYAWA ATRAKTAN PADA TANAMAN KOPI

“…Berdasarkan hasil identifikasi setiap arthopoda memiliki perannya masing masing, pada Hymenoptera (Andrenidae dan Megachilidae) memiliki peran sebagai polinator (Herrmann et al, 2019;Badenes, 2022), sedangkan pada Coleoptera (Scarabaeidae) merupakan dekomposer (Indarjani et al, 2020). Sementara Araneae (Araneidae) dan Hemiptera (Berytidae) berperan sebagai predator (Goldman et al, 2020;Susilo et al, 2021).…”

Landscape conservation and orchard management influence carob tree yield through changes in pollinator communities

“…Lastly, the effect of pollinator loss on crops might depend on crop breeding system and its dependence on pollinators [28][29][30]. Particularly, dioecious crops, which rely on pollinator visitation to both sexes for reproduction, might be particularly vulnerable to overall pollinator decrease [31], as well as to the loss of the most efficient ones [32].…”