Showing posts with label crop yields. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crop yields. Show all posts

Monday, 12 May 2014

Bee biodiversity boosts crop yields

Date:
May 9, 2014

Source:
North Carolina State University

Summary:
Blueberries produce more seeds and larger berries if they are visited by more diverse bee species, allowing farmers to harvest significantly more pounds of fruit per acre. The researchers looked at blueberries in North Carolina because it is an economically important and well understood crop that relies on insect pollination.


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