Biodiversity loss is particularly pronounced in agroecosystems. Agricultural fields cover
about one-third of the European Union and are crucial habitats for many species. At the …

Modern strawberry (Fragaria× ananass a Duch.) cultivars are hermaphrodite and have fertile
flowers, with the anthers releasing viable pollen. Cultivars are self-compatible and do not …

Solitary bees are important pollinators of crops and wild plants, and their decline poses a
risk to the sustained provision of the services they provide. Although evidence suggests that …

In hybrid sunflower, bee pollination can improve productivity, but the contribution of bees to
productivity may be over or underestimated. To estimate bee effects (seed trait gains from …

In agricultural landscapes, bipartite networks formed by pollinators and the flowers they
forage on, are characterised by the presence of honeybees (Apis mellifera) or crop plants …

Increasing landscape heterogeneity has been suggested to be an important strategy to
strengthen natural pest control in crops, especially through enhancing the amount of …

Landscape structures affect pests, depending on compositional heterogeneity (the number
and proportions of different habitats), configurational heterogeneity (spatial arrangement of …

Global demand for vegetable oil is projected to expand to 28 Mt by 2028. Oilseed rape
(OSR) is the predominant oilseed crop in Europe. Its nutritional value is determined by seed …

As one of the efforts to combat climate change and the biodiversity crisis, an interest in
nature-based solutions (NbS) has been growing. Although there have been diverse …

Many agrifood systems around the world can be characterized as unsustainable. Research
is increasingly required to inform the necessary radical transformations of the ways we …