Loss of pollinator diversity consistently reduces reproductive success for wild and cultivated plants

M Artamendi, PA Martin, I Bartomeus… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Pollination is a crucial ecosystem service, yet pollinator species diversity is declining as a
result of factors such as climate change, habitat loss and agricultural intensification. While …

Pollination Effectiveness of the Hoverfly Eristalinus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763) in Diploid and Triploid Associated Watermelon Crop

M Sánchez, Y Velásquez, M González, J Cuevas - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Watermelon is an important crop worldwide. However, pollination is a
challenge in new commercial seedless cultivars, exacerbated by the decline in pollinators …

Different Sensitivity of Flower-Visiting Diptera to a Neonicotinoid Insecticide: Expanding the Base for a Multiple-Species Risk Assessment Approach

CA Henriques Martins, C Azpiazu, J Bosch, G Burgio… - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Insect pollinators play an essential service in agricultural systems, but are
commonly exposed to pesticides. Although pollinators are present in several insect orders …

The golden native drone fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) is an effective hybrid carrot pollinator that lives within Australian crop agroecosystems

AE Davis, LA Schmidt, KCBS Santos… - Ecological Solutions …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Native insect flower visitors can be important contributors to crop pollination, yet little is
known of their pollination abilities and the resources (habitat) they need to be supported …

The genome sequence of a hoverfly Eristalinus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763)

O Sivell, C Raper, R Mitchell, D Sivell… - Wellcome Open …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Eristalinus aeneus (a hoverfly;
Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae). The genome sequence is 495.4 megabases in …

Buzzing Guardians Buzzing Guardians: Protecting Pollinators in Agricultural Landscapes: Conservation of pollinators

HS Venu, A Udayakumar, AN Shylesha… - Sociobiology, 2024 - ojs3.uefs.br
In agriculture crop ecosystem, pollination is the foremost fundamental activity performed by
fascinating creatures like bees, butterflies, hoverflies, birds and bats that ensures …

[PDF][PDF] Pollination Effectiveness of the Hoverfly Eristalinus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763) in Diploid and Triploid Associated Watermelon Crop. Insects 2022, 13, 1021

M Sánchez, Y Velásquez… - … | Publisher Full Text …, 2022 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is an important crop worldwide. Pollination of this crop is
carried out by insects, with honey bees (Apis spp.) and bumble bees (Bombus spp.) as the …

[PDF][PDF] The genome sequence of a hoverfly, Eristalinus aeneu s (Scopoli, 1763)[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]

O Sivell, C Raper, R Mitchell, D Sivell - 2024 - researchgate.net
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Eristalinus aeneus (a hoverfly;
Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Syrphidae). The genome sequence is 495.4 megabases in …

Provisioning Australian seed carrot agroecosystems with non-floral habitat provides oviposition sites for crop-pollinating Diptera

AE Davis, LA Schmidt, S Harrington, C Spurr, R Rader - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Planting a diverse array of flowers in crop field settings can support insect
crop pollinators, as many pollinating insects feed on floral pollen and nectar as adults …

Advancing of risk assessment of pesticides on insect pollinators: beyond honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

CA Henriques Martins - 2023 - amsdottorato.unibo.it
The western honey bee, Apis mellifera L., is currently the model specie for pesticide risk
assessment on pollinators with the assumption that the worst-case scenarios for this species …