Precision management of pollination services to blueberry crops
- Autores
- Cavigliasso, Pablo; Negri, Pedro; Viel, Matias; Graziani, Milagros María; Challiol, C.; Bello, Fernando; Saez, Agustin
- Año de publicación
- 2021
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- While the cultivated area of pollinator-dependent crops is increasing, pollinator availability is decreasing, leading to problems in many agroecosystems. For this reason, pollinator-dependent crop growers often rent beehives to support their pollination requirements to sustain fruit productivity. However, the efficiency of those pollination systems has not been extensively studied. Here, we compared the effect of “precision” pollination (i.e., application of pesticides coordinated with growers, audit of hives, dietary supplementation and individual distribution of hives) with conventional practices (i.e., pesticides applications without coordination with growers and no audit of hives, low maintenance of hives and hives distributed in large groups) on the mean level of pollination and fruit production and quality in blueberry crops. In nine blueberry fields, we measured bee visitation rate to flowers, fruit set, fruit firmness and fruit weight. On average, precision-pollinated plots had 70% more bee visits to flowers and produced 13% more fruits that were 12% heavier and 12% firmer than those obtained through conventional practices. These results showed that pollination efficiency could be improved if key management related to bee strength, distribution and health care are taken into account. Due to these results, we encourage growers and beekeepers to include precision pollination practices to both increase the productivity of blueberry fields and the wellbeing of honey bees within agroecosystems.
EEA Concordia
Fil: Cavigliasso, Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concordia; Argentina
Fil: Negri, Pedro. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales (ex Laboratorio de Artrópodos); Argentina
Fil: Negri, Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente; Argentina
Fil: Viel, Matias. Beeflow Inc. Smart Pollination Services; Estados Unidos
Fil: Graziani, Milagros María. Beeflow Inc. Smart Pollination Services; Estados Unidos
Fil: Challiol, C. Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos. Facultad de Ciencias de la Alimentación; Argentina
Fil: Bello, Fernando. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concordia; Argentina
Fil: Saez, Agustin. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA). Grupo de Ecología de la Polinización; Argentina
Fil: Saez, Agustin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA). Grupo de Ecología de la Polinización; Argentina - Fuente
- Scientific Reports 11 : Article number: 20453 (2021)
- Materia
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Polinización
Arándano
Agroecosistemas
Pollination
Blueberries
Agroecosystems - Nivel de accesibilidad
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Precision management of pollination services to blueberry crops |
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Precision management of pollination services to blueberry crops |
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Precision management of pollination services to blueberry crops Cavigliasso, Pablo Polinización Arándano Agroecosistemas Pollination Blueberries Agroecosystems |
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Cavigliasso, Pablo Negri, Pedro Viel, Matias Graziani, Milagros María Challiol, C. Bello, Fernando Saez, Agustin |
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Cavigliasso, Pablo |
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Cavigliasso, Pablo Negri, Pedro Viel, Matias Graziani, Milagros María Challiol, C. Bello, Fernando Saez, Agustin |
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Negri, Pedro Viel, Matias Graziani, Milagros María Challiol, C. Bello, Fernando Saez, Agustin |
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Polinización Arándano Agroecosistemas Pollination Blueberries Agroecosystems |
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Polinización Arándano Agroecosistemas Pollination Blueberries Agroecosystems |
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While the cultivated area of pollinator-dependent crops is increasing, pollinator availability is decreasing, leading to problems in many agroecosystems. For this reason, pollinator-dependent crop growers often rent beehives to support their pollination requirements to sustain fruit productivity. However, the efficiency of those pollination systems has not been extensively studied. Here, we compared the effect of “precision” pollination (i.e., application of pesticides coordinated with growers, audit of hives, dietary supplementation and individual distribution of hives) with conventional practices (i.e., pesticides applications without coordination with growers and no audit of hives, low maintenance of hives and hives distributed in large groups) on the mean level of pollination and fruit production and quality in blueberry crops. In nine blueberry fields, we measured bee visitation rate to flowers, fruit set, fruit firmness and fruit weight. On average, precision-pollinated plots had 70% more bee visits to flowers and produced 13% more fruits that were 12% heavier and 12% firmer than those obtained through conventional practices. These results showed that pollination efficiency could be improved if key management related to bee strength, distribution and health care are taken into account. Due to these results, we encourage growers and beekeepers to include precision pollination practices to both increase the productivity of blueberry fields and the wellbeing of honey bees within agroecosystems. EEA Concordia Fil: Cavigliasso, Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concordia; Argentina Fil: Negri, Pedro. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales (ex Laboratorio de Artrópodos); Argentina Fil: Negri, Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente; Argentina Fil: Viel, Matias. Beeflow Inc. Smart Pollination Services; Estados Unidos Fil: Graziani, Milagros María. Beeflow Inc. Smart Pollination Services; Estados Unidos Fil: Challiol, C. Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos. Facultad de Ciencias de la Alimentación; Argentina Fil: Bello, Fernando. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concordia; Argentina Fil: Saez, Agustin. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA). Grupo de Ecología de la Polinización; Argentina Fil: Saez, Agustin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA). Grupo de Ecología de la Polinización; Argentina |
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