Overview of bee pollination and its economic value for crop production

SAM Khalifa, EH Elshafiey, AA Shetaia, AAA El-Wahed… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There is a rising demand for food security in the face of threats posed by a
growing human population. Bees as an insect play a crucial role in crop pollination …

Current progress and future prospects of agriculture technology: Gateway to sustainable agriculture

N Khan, RL Ray, GR Sargani, M Ihtisham, M Khayyam… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The agricultural industry is getting more data-centric and requires precise, more advanced
data and technologies than before, despite being familiar with agricultural processes. The …

Internet-of-Things (IoT)-based smart agriculture: Toward making the fields talk

M Ayaz, M Ammad-Uddin, Z Sharif, A Mansour… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite the perception people may have regarding the agricultural process, the reality is that
today's agriculture industry is data-centered, precise, and smarter than ever. The rapid …

The still underestimated problem of fungal diseases worldwide

F Almeida, ML Rodrigues, C Coelho - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In the past few years, fungal diseases caused estimated over 1.6 million deaths annually
and over one billion people suffer from severe fungal diseases (;). Public health surveillance …

Why bees are critical for achieving sustainable development

V Patel, N Pauli, E Biggs, L Barbour, B Boruff - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
Reductions in global bee populations are threatening the pollination benefits to both the
planet and people. Whilst the contribution of bee pollination in promoting sustainable …

[PDF][PDF] Internet-of-Things (IoT) based smart agriculture in India-an overview

V Suma - Journal of ISMAC, 2021 - scholar.archive.org
The increasing global population demands improved production to provide food in all
sectors, especially in agriculture. Still, at certain periods, demand and supply will not match …

Contribution of insect gut microbiota and their associated enzymes in insect physiology and biodegradation of pesticides

S Jaffar, S Ahmad, Y Lu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Synthetic pesticides are extensively and injudiciously applied to control agriculture and
household pests worldwide. Due to their high use, their toxic residues have enormously …

Fostering pollination through agroforestry: A global review

D Centeno-Alvarado, AV Lopes, X Arnan - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over time, agricultural systems have undergone intensification with a view to increasing food
production and security. However, the resulting land use conversions have led to declines in …

Giants are coming? Predicting the potential spread and impacts of the giant Asian hornet (Vespa mandarinia, Hymenoptera:Vespidae) in the USA

AJ Alaniz, MA Carvajal… - Pest Management …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGOUND Biological invasions are a global concern in agriculture, food production and
biodiversity. Among the invasive species, some hornets are known to have serious effects …

Acute oral exposure to imidacloprid induces apoptosis and autophagy in the midgut of honey bee Apis mellifera workers

LS Carneiro, LC Martinez, AH De Oliveira… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The honey bee Apis mellifera is an important pollinator that increases the yield and quality of
crops. In recent years, honey bee populations have declined in some parts of the world …