Sentences with phrase «pollination of»

If you were thinking that this was the beginning of cross pollination of fashion with technology, you were wrong.

We can learn from other professionals — the cross pollination of ideas is critical the development of KM for practitioners.

In turn they provide massive economic benefits to human society, both through the production of honey and pollination of a large variety of fruit, vegetable, nut, and flower crops.

Bees are hugely important pollinators, and are responsible for the pollination of one third of America's agricultural output.

Scientists there report that the pollination of rice falls from 100 percent at 93 degrees Fahrenheit (34 degrees Celsius) to near zero at 104 degrees, leading to crop failure.

A good example is the pollination of plants by bees and birds and other species, a service which may be negatively affected by climate change.

Project leader, Mburu Waiganjo told us «What makes me personally proud is the fact that our project has reversed a forest degradation trend and the «don't care» attitude towards the forest conservation that had prevailed has now gone and yielded the current lush green forest that is teeming with wildlife noises from the birds, the beauty of the butterflies and other insects which are evidently useful in pollination of crops in the forest - adjacent farms.

Springtime cold air outbreaks (at least two consecutive days during which the daily average surface air temperature is below 95 % of the simulated average wintertime surface air temperature) are projected to continue to occur throughout this century.19 As a result, increased productivity of some crops due to higher temperatures, longer growing seasons, and elevated CO2 concentrations could be offset by increased freeze damage.20 Heat waves during pollination of field crops such as corn and soybean also reduce yields (Figure 18.3).4 Wetter springs may reduce crop yields and profits, 21 especially if growers are forced to switch to late - planted, shorter - season varieties.

Scientists there report that the pollination of rice falls from 100 percent at 34 degrees Celsius to near zero at 40 degrees Celsius, leading to crop failure.

A brief and incomplete list of their positive roles would include the pollination of many, perhaps most higher plants; the decomposition of organic materials, facilitating the recycling of carbon, nitrogen, and other essential nutrients; the control of populations of harmful invertebrate species (including other insects); the direct production of certain foods (honey, for example); and the manufacture of useful products such as silk and shellac.

The bill is the latest rumbling in an international movement against what critics call the cross pollination of the gaming and gambling industries.

I just don't agree with taking Bees honey as I wonder if it will stop the pollination of plants if bees no longer keep there honey what would be the point in bees getting pollen from plants.

In the article, they show that foragers with realistically limited information about the distribution of floral resources forage in a way which favors pollination of the rarer plant species, while perfectly informed animals prefer the more abundant flowering plant.

Contrary to previous studies, their simulations suggest that under certain conditions, adaptive foraging of pollinators can favor pollination of a rare plant species.

«To date, there are no fossil plants from this geological era that offer proof of the existence of ornithophily — i.e., the pollination of flowers through birds,» adds paleobotanist Wilde.

Biodiversity and food security both depend on pollination of native plants and crops.

Declines in the pollination of wild plants may lead to increases in the population of plants that do not rely on pollinators, and pollinator declines would lead to decreases in crop yields, Fuentes noted.

Whoops, I stepped in it: A novel mechanism of honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollination of blueberries.

«This means that future studies on sexually deceptive pollination should also look at pollinator behaviour as a driver of floral trait evolution, as the role of flower morphology may play a much larger role in the pollination of these intriguing orchids than was previously realised.»

«The loss of bumblebees potentially has a major impact on pollination of crops and other plants,» he added.

Honey bees carry out fundamentally vital roles in nature by providing essential ecosystem functions, including global pollination of crops and native plants.

The honey bee Apis mellifera plays an important role for the pollination of fruit and vegetable plants, besides its significance for the production of honey and wax.

Honey bees provide ecosystem services through pollination of crops worth $ 215 billion annually worldwide.

One third of our food is dependent on the pollination of fruits, nuts and vegetables by bees and other insects.

But those same chemical defenses can reduce the number of visits to the plant by pollinators such as bees, resulting in less pollination of individual plants and decreased growth.

«Farmers may be able to use the exact methods to monitor pollination of their orchards and vegetable crops and head off pollination deficits.

According to recent studies, declines in wild and managed bee populations threaten the pollination of flowers in more than 85 percent of flowering plants and 75 percent of agricultural crops worldwide.

Hungarian researchers have developed drones that can fly as an autonomous flock, opening new possibilities for the artificial pollination of crops or search and rescue missions.

The result: «The pollination of chilli plants is considerably better on the plots of land that are farmed in the traditional way, even when slash - and - burn practices are used,» says biologist Robert Paxton.

And honeybees, or Apis mellifera, are big business: Bee pollination of agricultural crops — everything from almonds to apples to carrots — provides one - third of the U.S. diet, and the bees» services are valued at $ 15 billion annually.

Gary Rulison of the Rulison Honey Farms smokes bees to be used for pollination of the Indian Ladder apple orchard in Altamont, N.Y. April 18, 2012.

«We want this place to be a cross pollination of ideas, creativity and ethnicities,» Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said at Wednesday's ribbon cutting.

As I understand it, the policy at just arsenal is to promote debate and cross pollination of ideas, however those that call themselves AOBs have contaminated the good policy by their obsession with Wenger sacking.

Pollination of the hermaphrodite flowers, a genetic characteristic of the most commonly cultivated varieties, is assisted by rain, which increases the efficiency of pollen distribution as water flows down the flower cluster.

The pollination of California's almonds is the largest managed pollination event in the world, with close to 1.6 million hives (nearly half of all beehives in the USA) being trucked in February to the almond groves in the San Joaquin Valley.

Some well - intentioned vegans overlook the use of honey because of the widely spread myth that honey and bee products are all - natural by - products of the necessary pollination of our food crops.

Call me a flower child, because yes - most things in life come down to the pollination of flowers rather than «the economy».

The additional pollination of the female plants from male pollen would further reduce the cannabinoid yield and likely ruin your chances for a successful, high CBD harvest.

Not exact matches

As Dave Hackenburg, who runs an industrial pollination services company in Pennsylvania, says, «If you start shortening lives of bees, just by a few days, young bees have to go to the field earlier, and the whole thing gets messed up.»

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that a quarter of our diet depends on honeybees» pollination prowess.

someone tell me from whence did the theories of cross pollination, accounting procedures, study of and naming galaxies - just to name a few, get their beginnings?

At Key Stage 2 (Age 7 + to 11, Years 4 to 6) schools have to teach the following: Growth and reproduction; the main stages of the human life cycle; reproduction; the parts of the flower [for example, stigma, stamen, petal, sepal] and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation, seed dispersal and germination.»

2016 was a year of contrasts, promising a superb vintage, characterized by uniform flowering at the origin of good pollination, substantial lack of rainfall during the summer combined with abundant sunshine and evenly - occurring veraison.

It supports our food supply from the soil to the delivery of vital ecosystem services such as pollination.

Since 1976, Blue Diamond has been funding research in more than 70 projects focused on the health of bees, pollination and colony health.

Current organic standards do not require any special buffer zones for the growing of organic corn, therefore much of the supply of certified organic corn in the U.S. could possibly be contaminated by GMO cross pollination.

I learned that they are gluten free and made from beans, so there isn't any chance of cross pollination with grains!

New research exploring the effects of bee pollination on quality and quantity of coffee shows promise both for bees and coffee farmers.

Other causes of blossom drop are excessive nitrogen, high winds, and lack of pollination.

Some alterations: I used yellow split pea instead, minced garlic from a jar instead of cloves, added slices of yellow cucumbers (cross pollination with lemon cucumbers from my garden), and I marinated the ham hocks with apple cider vinegar before placement into the slow cooker.