Economic benefits of animal pollination to Indian agriculture

Chaudhary, O. P.; Chand, Ramesh

doi:10.56093/ijas.v87i9.73903

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“…between cultivars; Karron et al., 2012). The lack of experimental field data on plant mating system variability in conjunction with pollinator effectiveness across cultivars within crops has led to generalizations in crop pollinator management across the same plant groups (Chaudhary & Chand, 2017; Klein et al., 2006) and inadequate economic estimates of the value of crop pollination.…”

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Self‐compatible blueberry cultivars require fewer floral visits to maximize fruit production than a partially self‐incompatible cultivar

Kendall

Gagić

Evans

et al. 2020

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Effective pollination is a complex phenomenon determined by the outcome of the interaction between pollen transfer and a plants' pollinator dependency, yet most studies investigate pollinator effectiveness without consideration of plant mating system differences. We investigated pollinator effectiveness in three types of blueberry that differed in their degree of pollinator dependency as measured by plant mating system: two self‐compatible highbush cultivars and one partially self‐incompatible rabbiteye cultivar. We quantified pollinator effectiveness as a function of the fruit set and fruit weight resulting from single and multiple floral visits (2–15 visits), in comparison with estimates of fruit set and fruit weight resulting from experimental pollination treatments (open‐pollination, cross‐pollination and self‐pollination). Single‐visit effectiveness of fruit set was similar across pollinator taxa but considerably higher in both self‐compatible cultivars. The probability of fruit set in all three blueberry types improved in response to an increasing number of visits, but this relationship was steeper in self‐compatible cultivars: >90% probability of fruit set was achieved in three to five visits. In the self‐incompatible rabbiteye cultivar, 58% fruit set was achieved with 15 visits. Multiple visits improved fruit weight by 27%–48% in self‐compatible cultivars, but there was no relationship in rabbiteye. Pollination deficits in fruit set and fruit weight due to self‐pollination were most pronounced in rabbiteye. Synthesis and applications. Improved understanding of cultivar‐level mating system differences in plants will inform pollination planning and management in agroecosystems. Self‐compatible (highbush) cultivars require less floral visitation to maximize fruit production. Therefore, these cultivars may be best suited to landscapes in which pollinator abundance is low, such as intensive and/or simple landscapes. In contrast, self‐incompatible (rabbiteye) cultivars may benefit from the implementation of mixed‐cultivar crop row plantings to facilitate cross‐pollination.

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Self‐compatible blueberry cultivars require fewer floral visits to maximize fruit production than a partially self‐incompatible cultivar

Kendall

Gagić

Evans

et al. 2020

Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…Based on this, the dependence value of tomato plants for each treatment was simple to high category for the OP treatment, low category for WP and SP treatment. Based on the results by Chaudhary and Chand (2017), tomatoes in India had a high level of dependence on pollinators with a dependency value of 0.65. Giannini et al (2015) analyzed 141 crops and found that 85 depend on pollinators.…”

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Estimated economic value of pollination by Tetragonula laeviceps (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) on tomato and chili

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Abstract. Mubin N, Kusmita AO, Rohmah A, Nurmansyah A. 2022. Estimated economic value of pollination by Tetragonula laeviceps (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) on tomato and chili. Biodiversitas 23: 2544-2552. Insects have various roles, one of which is as pollinators. Horticultural crops such as tomatoes and chilies need the help of pollinating insects to increase productivity. The stingless bee, Tetragonula laeviceps, is one of the potential pollinating agents. This study aimed to determine the effect of pollination by T. laeviceps on crop production and estimated pollinating insect’ economic value. The study was conducted using a field experiment with 3 pollination treatments included pollination with the help of T. laeviceps (open pollination / OP), pollination by wind (WP), and self-pollination (SP). The estimated economic value of pollination was calculated using a bio-economic approach based on the level of dependence of the plant on pollination. The results showed that open pollination (OP) treatment by T. laeviceps increased fruit set and seed set by 2-3 times that of wind pollination and 4-5 times that of self-pollination. The open pollination treatment significantly affected on the diameter and weight of tomato fruit compared to the WP and SP treatments but not on chili. Meanwhile, open pollination can increase the length of chili fruit. OP, WP, and SP treatments had no significant effect on tomatoes and chilies’ weight loss, damage level, and hardness level. Based on tomato and chili production, the economic value of T. laeviceps was 44 times (tomato) and 20 times (chili) from self-pollination and 65 times (tomato) and 11 times (chili) from wind pollination.

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“…Similarly, huge value of pollination i.e. US $ 22.52 billion annually to Indian agriculture, representing 8.72 per cent of total value of agricultural produce, was reported by Chaudhary & Chand (2017).…”

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Bees diversity and distribution dynamics among various agro-climatic regions of Indian Punjab

Kaur

Choudhary

Mohindru

et al. 2023

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Diversity and abundance of bees were estimated in six agro-climatic regions of an intensive agricultural state of India i.e. Punjab during the year 2020-21. Random sampling was done at various locations in all the six agro-climatic regions. Thirty sweeps of the hand insect net were made at each location. Overall, 7482 bees’ specimens were collected among which the most abundant bee species was Apis mellifera Linnaeus (12.58%), followed by Apis dorsata Fabricius (12.24%), Apis cerana Fabricius (11.61%) and Apis florea Fabricius (9.18%). The highly diverse regions with respect to number of bee species and their respective numbers were Sub-mountain Undulating (30 species, 1674 individuals) and Undulating Plain regions (29 species, 1662 individuals). The least diverse region was Western region (20 species, 743 individuals). Bombus haemorrhoidalis Smith was rare and restricted only to extreme Eastern part of the state, adjacent to hilly region, with relative abundance of 0.72 per cent. Sub-mountain Undulating and Undulating Plain regions were highly similar to each other as represented by Bray-Curtis and Jaccard’s indices. These two regions, had lower cropping intensity than other regions, provided lesser disturbed area and agro-chemical usage. Thus, these regions fulfil the utmost requirement of the native bee species i.e. good nesting place with ample food resources. Nonetheless, further studies are required to intensively investigate the area and to find possible linkage of various agricultural landscapes with bee pollinators’ community.

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Economic benefits of animal pollination to Indian agriculture

Cited by 13 publications

References 45 publications

Self‐compatible blueberry cultivars require fewer floral visits to maximize fruit production than a partially self‐incompatible cultivar

Self‐compatible blueberry cultivars require fewer floral visits to maximize fruit production than a partially self‐incompatible cultivar

Estimated economic value of pollination by Tetragonula laeviceps (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) on tomato and chili

Bees diversity and distribution dynamics among various agro-climatic regions of Indian Punjab

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