Management Of Bombus Atratus Bumblebees To Pollinate Lulo Solanum Quitoense L A Native Fruit From The Andes Of Colombia

Author : Maria Teresa Almanza Fandiño
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783867271875

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Management of Bombus Atratus Bumblebees to Pollinate Lulo (Solanum Quitoense L), a Native Fruit from the Andes of Colombia by Maria Teresa Almanza Fandiño Pdf

Solanum quitoense (Lulo) from the northern Andes is a fruit with an attractive taste. It has a high export potential but its production is hampered by insufficient pollination. Studies on the reproductive system of Lulo revealed that, due to their poricidal anthers, the flowers need pollinators for self- and cross-pollination. Pollination by native bumblebees significantly increases fruit set and quality. Experiments show that colonies of Bombus atratus can be reared in captivity and used in Lulo fields for providing increased pollination services. Modeling based on data on colony development reveal larva/workers ratio and the supply of pollen as main parameters for improving the rearing method.

Author : Shah Fahad,Osman Sonmez,Shah Saud,Depeng Wang,Chao Wu,Muhammad Adnan,Veysel Turan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000380965

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Developing Climate-Resilient Crops by Shah Fahad,Osman Sonmez,Shah Saud,Depeng Wang,Chao Wu,Muhammad Adnan,Veysel Turan Pdf

Developing Climate-Resilient Crops: Improving Global Food Security and Safety is timely, as the world is gradually waking up to the fact that a global food crisis of enormous proportions is brewing. Climate change is creating immense problems for agricultural productivity worldwide, resulting in higher food prices. This book elucidates the causative aspects of climate modification related to agriculture, soil, and plants, and discusses the relevant resulting mitigation process and also how new tools and resources can be used to develop climate-resilient crops. Features: Addresses the limits of the anthropogenic global warming theory advocated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Presents the main characters (drought tolerance, heat tolerance, water-use efficiency, disease resistance, nitrogen-use efficiency, nitrogen fixation, and carbon sequestration) necessary for climate-resilient agriculture Delivers both theoretical and practical aspects, and serves as baseline information for future research Provides valuable resource for those students engaged in the field of environmental sciences, soil sciences, agricultural microbiology, plant pathology, and agronomy Highlights factors that are threatening future food production

Author : Die deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 16136438

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Deutsche Nationalbibliografie by Die deutsche Nationalbibliothek Pdf

Author : Breno M. Freitas,Júlio Otávio P. Pereira
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Bees
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173015243940

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Solitary Bees by Breno M. Freitas,Júlio Otávio P. Pereira Pdf

Author : Uma Partap
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Bee culture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073980199

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Pollination Management of Mountain Crops Through Beekeeping by Uma Partap Pdf

Author : Scott, Cynthia Diane
Publisher : National Library of Canada
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Bees
ISBN : 0315308338

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Biology and Management of Wild Bee and Domesticated Honey Bee Pollinators for Tree Fruit Pollination [microform] by Scott, Cynthia Diane Pdf

Author : Lynn V. Dicks,David A. Showler,William J. Sutherland
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781907807022

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Bee Conservation by Lynn V. Dicks,David A. Showler,William J. Sutherland Pdf

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild bees. The authors worked with an international group of bee experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit wild bees. They range from protecting natural habitat to controlling disease in commercial bumblebee colonies. For each intervention, the book summarises studies captured by the Conservation Evidence project, where that intervention has been tested and its effects on bees quantified. The result is a thorough guide to what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of bee conservation actions throughout the world. Bee Conservation is the first in a series of synopses that will cover different species groups and habitats, gradually building into a comprehensive summary of evidence on the effects of conservation interventions for all biodiversity throughout the world. By making evidence accessible in this way, we hope to enable a change in the practice of conservation, so it can become more evidence-based. We also aim to highlight where there are gaps in knowledge. Evidence from all around the world is included. If there appears to be a bias towards evidence from northern European or North American temperate environments, this reflects a current bias in the published research that is available to us. Conservation interventions are grouped primarily according to the relevant direct threats, as defined in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Unified Classification of Direct Threats.

Author : William G. D'Arcy
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0231057806

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Solanaceae, Biology and Systematics by William G. D'Arcy Pdf

This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of new veiling practices among lower middle class women in Cairo, Egypt. Although these women are part of a modernizing middle class, they also voluntarily adopt a traditional symbol of female subordination. How can this paradox be explained? An explanation emerges which reconceptualizes what appears to be reactionary behavior as a new style of political struggle--as accommodating protest. These women, most of them clerical workers in the large government bureaucracy, are ambivalent about working outside the home, considering it a change which brings new burdens as well as some important benefits. At the same time they realize that leaving home and family is creating an intolerable situation of the erosion of their social status and the loss of their traditional identity. The new veiling expresses women's protest against this. MacLeod argues that the symbolism of the new veiling emerges from this tense subcultural dilemma, involving elements of both resistance and acquiescence.

Author : William C. Campbell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461236269

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Ivermectin and Abamectin by William C. Campbell Pdf

Ivermectin and abamectin, members of the avermectin family of compounds, were introduced to the market in the 1980's as a veterinary antiparasitic drug and agricultural pesticide, respectively. Their acceptance and commercial success have been remarkable; both are highly effective and in worldwide use. The efficacy of ivermectin in river blindness has expanded the interest in its use in human medicine. In response to the intense scientific and industrial interest in ivermectin and abamectin and the likelihood that they will be forerunners of an expanding family of drugs, this comprehensive monograph satisfies the need for a review and synthesis of current knowledge about the use of these substances in crop protection as well as in cattle, sheep, swine, horses, dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, and in man. This overview presents chemical, biochemical, and microbiological data, as well as pharmacological, safety, and environmental aspects and covers practical use of the compounds as antiparasitic and pesticide agents, as well as the available safety data that have emerged from the clinical experience with human applications.

Author : José Javier G. Quezada-Euán
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319777856

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Stingless Bees of Mexico by José Javier G. Quezada-Euán Pdf

The stingless bees are the most diverse group of highly social bees and are key species in our planet’s tropical and subtropical regions, where they thrive. In Mexico, the management of stingless bees dates back centuries, and they were an essential part of the culture and cosmogony of native peoples like the Maya. In recent decades a vast amount of information has been gathered on stingless bees worldwide. This book summarizes various aspects of the biology and management of stingless bees, with special emphasis on the Mexican species and the traditions behind their cultivation. Much of the information presented here was produced by the author and the team of researchers at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán in the course of three decades of working with these insects. Given the breadth of its coverage, the book offers an equally valuable reference guide for academics, students and beekeepers alike.

Author : Fernando Ramirez,Jose Kallarackal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319142005

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Responses of Fruit Trees to Global Climate Change by Fernando Ramirez,Jose Kallarackal Pdf

​Global climate change is expected to produce increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, higher temperatures, aberrant precipitation patterns and a host of other climatic changes that would affect all life on this planet. This review article addresses the impact of climate change on fruit trees and the response of the trees to a changing environment. The response of fruit trees to increasing carbon dioxide levels, phenological changes occurring in the trees themselves due to increased temperature and the lower chilling hours especially in the temperate regions, ecophysiological adaptations of the trees to the changing climate, impact of aberrant precipitation, etc. are reviewed. There is very little data on the impact of rising CO2 levels on fruit tree performance or productivity including the temperate region. Based on a large number of observations on the phenology, there is reason to believe that the flowering and fruiting of most species have advanced by quite a few days, but with variations in different crops and on different continents. The chilling hours have also grown shorter in many regions, causing considerable reductions in yield for several species. In the tropics, there is very little work on fruit trees; however, the available data show that precipitation is a major factor regulating their phenology and yield. The ecophysiological adaptations vary from species to species, and there is a need to develop phenological models in order to estimate the impact of climate change on plant development in different regions of the world. More research is also called for to develop adaptation strategies to circumvent the negative impacts of climate change.

Author : Charles D. Michener
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780801885730

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The Bees of the World by Charles D. Michener Pdf

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Author : Fernando Ramírez,Jose Kallarackal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319739694

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Tree Pollination Under Global Climate Change by Fernando Ramírez,Jose Kallarackal Pdf

This brief reviews the pollination aspects of both wild and domesticated fruit tree species in a global climate change context. It explores cross-pollination mediated by insects, vertebrates and abiotic factors, self-pollination and their global warming implications. The authors identify the link between abiotic factors such as precipitation and severe droughts in the context of tree pollination and climate change. Furthermore, pollination and conservation implications in agriculture as well as wild tree populations are explored. Emphasis has been given to fruit trees growing in tropical, subtropical and temperate environments.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251305065

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The pollination of cultivated plants: A compendium for practitioners by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

More than twenty years ago, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations contributed to the growing recognition of the role of pollination in agricultural production, with the publication of “The Pollination of Cultivated Plants in the Tropics”. Since that time, the appreciation of pollinators has grown, alongside the realization that we stand to lose them. But our knowledge and understanding of crop pollination, pollinator biology, and best management practices has also expanded over this time. This volume is the second of two “compendiums for practitioners”, sharing expert knowledge on all dimensions of crop pollination in both temperate and tropical zones. The focus in this second volume is on management, study and research tools and techniques.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Bee culture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105115176021

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Beekeeping in South Africa by Anonim Pdf