Animal pollinators positively influence the sensory characteristics of fruits and vegetables, such as their shape, size, and post-harvest storability while contributing less to their nutritional ...

The hardy fuchsia is adapted for hummingbird pollination in a variety of ways. The bird is drawn to its red sepals, and the positioning of its pendulous flowers allows the bird, which can consume ...

Did you know that you can thank pollinators for one out of every three bites of food you eat? You probably didn't know. In which case you probably aren't thinking much about how your daily life ...

Pollinators like honeybees play a crucial role in our food production.  Caydee Savinelli with Syngenta champions pollinator ...

Fuji apples account for 50 percent of all apples grown in Japan, including Aomori, but other Japanese varieties are also used in the cider making, Shuichi says, adding that the A-Factory also gets ...

Illinois and the surrounding states are full of family-owned, often multigenerational orchards where urbanites can live out ...

Bees and other pollinators are vital to ensure healthy ecosystems and sufficient food supply around the world. They heighten plant reproduction and produce genetic diversity in the plants they ...

They are more like livestock, raised by farmers for honey and bee products production as well as commercial use as pollinators. Many crops have pollination as a yield limiting factor like it is ...

Mutualistic interactions are mutually beneficial species interactions. Plant-pollinator mutualisms are particularly important, and involve nearly 170,000 plant and 200,000 animal species.

Grab yourself some apples or Asian pears, or even pumpkins. You can venture through the orchard on a hayrack ride tour, ...

But how did these immobile organisms manage to spread so far? One answer is pollination, or plant sexual reproduction. Pollinators—typically wind, water, and animals—carry pollen from one ...