Animal pollination contributes to more than half of citrus production
Animal pollination is crucial for the reproduction and economic viability of a wide range of crops. Despite the existing data, the extent to which citrus crops depend on pollinators to guarantee fruit production still needs to be determined. Here, we described the composition of potential pollinator...
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| author | Monasterolo, Marcos Ramírez Mejía, Andrés F. Cavigliasso, Pablo Schliserman, Pablo Chavanne, Valentina Carro, Claudia M. Chacoff, Natacha Paola |
| author_browse | Carro, Claudia M. Cavigliasso, Pablo Chacoff, Natacha Paola Chavanne, Valentina Monasterolo, Marcos Ramírez Mejía, Andrés F. Schliserman, Pablo |
| author_facet | Monasterolo, Marcos Ramírez Mejía, Andrés F. Cavigliasso, Pablo Schliserman, Pablo Chavanne, Valentina Carro, Claudia M. Chacoff, Natacha Paola |
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| description | Animal pollination is crucial for the reproduction and economic viability of a wide range of crops. Despite the existing data, the extent to which citrus crops depend on pollinators to guarantee fruit production still needs to be determined. Here, we described the composition of potential pollinators in citrus (Citrus spp.) from the main growing areas of Argentina; moreover, we combined Bayesian models and empirical simulations to assess the contribution of animal pollination on fruit set and yield ha−1 in different species and cultivars of lemons, grapefruits, mandarins, and oranges. Honeybee (A. mellifera L.) was the most commonly observed potential pollinator, followed by a diverse group of insects, mainly native bees. Regardless of citrus species and cultivars, the probability of flowers setting fruit in pollinated flowers was 2.4 times higher than unpollinated flowers. Furthermore, our simulations showed that about 60% of the citrus yield ha−1 can be attributable to animal pollination across all species and cultivars. Therefore, it is crucial to maintain environments that support pollinator diversity and increase consumer and to producer awareness and demand in order to ensure the significant benefits of animal pollination in citrus production. |
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| spelling | INTA197132024-10-08T13:26:29Z Animal pollination contributes to more than half of citrus production Monasterolo, Marcos Ramírez Mejía, Andrés F. Cavigliasso, Pablo Schliserman, Pablo Chavanne, Valentina Carro, Claudia M. Chacoff, Natacha Paola Citrus Producción Polinización Rendimiento de Cultivos Production Pollination Crop Yield Animal pollination is crucial for the reproduction and economic viability of a wide range of crops. Despite the existing data, the extent to which citrus crops depend on pollinators to guarantee fruit production still needs to be determined. Here, we described the composition of potential pollinators in citrus (Citrus spp.) from the main growing areas of Argentina; moreover, we combined Bayesian models and empirical simulations to assess the contribution of animal pollination on fruit set and yield ha−1 in different species and cultivars of lemons, grapefruits, mandarins, and oranges. Honeybee (A. mellifera L.) was the most commonly observed potential pollinator, followed by a diverse group of insects, mainly native bees. Regardless of citrus species and cultivars, the probability of flowers setting fruit in pollinated flowers was 2.4 times higher than unpollinated flowers. Furthermore, our simulations showed that about 60% of the citrus yield ha−1 can be attributable to animal pollination across all species and cultivars. Therefore, it is crucial to maintain environments that support pollinator diversity and increase consumer and to producer awareness and demand in order to ensure the significant benefits of animal pollination in citrus production. EEA Marcos Juárez Fil: Monasterolo, Marcos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro regional de Energía y Ambiente para el Desarrollo Sustentable; Argentina Fil: Monasterolo, Marcos. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro regional de Energía y Ambiente para el Desarrollo Sustentable; Argentina Fil: Ramírez Mejía, Andrés F. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina Fil: Ramírez Mejía, Andrés F. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina Fil: Cavigliasso, Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez; Argentina Fil: Schliserman, Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Regional De Energía y Ambiente para el Desarrollo Sustentable (CREAS); Argentina Fil: Schliserman, Pablo. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro Regional De Energía y Ambiente para el Desarrollo Sustentable (CREAS); Argentina Fil: Chavanne, Valentina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo; Argentina Fil: Carro, Claudia M. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo; Argentina Fil: Chacoff, Natacha. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina Fil: Chacoff, Natacha. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina Fil: Chacoff, Natacha. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Argentina 2024-10-08T13:23:47Z 2024-10-08T13:23:47Z 2024-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19713 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-73591-6 2045-2322 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73591-6 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Springer Nature Scientific Reports 14 : Article number: 22309, (September 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Citrus Producción Polinización Rendimiento de Cultivos Production Pollination Crop Yield Monasterolo, Marcos Ramírez Mejía, Andrés F. Cavigliasso, Pablo Schliserman, Pablo Chavanne, Valentina Carro, Claudia M. Chacoff, Natacha Paola Animal pollination contributes to more than half of citrus production |
| title | Animal pollination contributes to more than half of citrus production |
| title_full | Animal pollination contributes to more than half of citrus production |
| title_fullStr | Animal pollination contributes to more than half of citrus production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Animal pollination contributes to more than half of citrus production |
| title_short | Animal pollination contributes to more than half of citrus production |
| title_sort | animal pollination contributes to more than half of citrus production |
| topic | Citrus Producción Polinización Rendimiento de Cultivos Production Pollination Crop Yield |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19713 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-73591-6 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73591-6 |
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