Author : Jennifer Boothroyd
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 17,74 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541509285
Some plants need to have pollen spread from one plant to another flower in order to reproduce. Readers will learn the steps in the cross-pollination process in this book. Simple text and supportive photos and diagrams help readers grasp key ideas and details about this important science concept.
Author : Lila Terhune
Publisher : Destiny Image Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,46 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Pentecostals
ISBN : 9780768410044
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 18,1 MB
Release : 2007-05-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309102898
Pollinators-insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction-are an essential part of natural and agricultural ecosystems throughout North America. For example, most fruit, vegetable, and seed crops and some crops that provide fiber, drugs, and fuel depend on animals for pollination. This report provides evidence for the decline of some pollinator species in North America, including America's most important managed pollinator, the honey bee, as well as some butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds. For most managed and wild pollinator species, however, population trends have not been assessed because populations have not been monitored over time. In addition, for wild species with demonstrated declines, it is often difficult to determine the causes or consequences of their decline. This report outlines priorities for research and monitoring that are needed to improve information on the status of pollinators and establishes a framework for conservation and restoration of pollinator species and communities.
Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 15,17 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781571312709
A pioneering ethnobotanist, Gary Paul Nabhan credits the arts with sparking unlikely scientific breakthroughs and believes that such "cross-pollination" engenders new forms of expression that are essential to discovery. In this highly readable book, he tells four stories to illustrate this idea. In the first, coping with color blindness in art class leads to his career as a scientist; in the second, ancient American Indian songs, when translated, reveal an understanding of plants and animals that rivals modern research; in the third, a poem inspires an approach to diabetes using desert plants; and in the fourth, a coalition of scientists and artists creates the Ironwood Forest National Monument in the Sonoran Desert.
Author : Dwight McBryde Simpson
Publisher :
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 41,52 MB
Release : 1954
Category : Cotton
ISBN :
Author : Arlow Burdette Stout
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 12,39 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Lauraceae
ISBN :
Author : Louis Hermann Pammel
Publisher :
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 46,39 MB
Release : 1892
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Leslie Real
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 29,89 MB
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0323154514
Pollination Biology reviews the state of knowledge in the field of pollination biology. The book begins by tracing the historical trends in pollination research and the development of the two styles of pollination biology. This is followed by separate chapters on the evolution of the angiosperms; the evolution of plant-breeding systems; the geographical correlations between breeding habit, climate, and mode of pollen transfer; and sexual selection in plants. Subsequent chapters examine the process of sexual selection through gametic competition in Geranium maculatum; the effects of different gene movement patterns on plant population structure; the foraging behavior of pollinators; adaptive nature of floral traits; and competitive interactions among flowering plants for pollinators. The book is designed to provide useful material for advanced undergraduate and graduate students wishing to familiarize themselves with modern pollination biology and also to provide new insights into specific problems for those already engaged in pollination research. The book is intended to be used for both teaching and research.
Author : Jennifer Boothroyd
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 31,82 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541509307
Many insects drink nectar and collect pollen from flowers, and in the process they help plants reproduce. Readers will investigate how bees, butterflies, ants, and other insects assist in pollination. Simple text and supportive photos and diagrams help readers understand key ideas and details about this important science concept.
Author : Dharam P. Abrol
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 40,85 MB
Release : 2011-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400719426
This book has a wider approach not strictly focused on crop production compared to other books that are strictly oriented towards bees, but has a generalist approach to pollination biology. It also highlights relationships between introduced and wild pollinators and consequences of such introductions on communities of wild pollinating insects. The chapters on biochemical basis of plant-pollination interaction, pollination energetics, climate change and pollinators and pollinators as bioindicators of ecosystem functioning provide a base for future insights into pollination biology. The role of honeybees and wild bees on crop pollination, value of bee pollination, planned honeybee pollination, non-bee pollinators, safety of pollinators, pollination in cages, pollination for hybrid seed production, the problem of diseases, genetically modified plants and bees, the role of bees in improving food security and livelihoods, capacity building and awareness for pollinators are also discussed.
