ArticleThe Journal of applied ecology2017
Re-evaluating strategies for pollinator-dependent crops: How useful is parthenocarpy?
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- Enhancement of parthenocarpy and fruit set through genome editing in tomato variety for processing use.Plant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026Article
- Effects of plant growth regulator (2,4-D) treatments on fruit development and chemical content in the kiwifruit plant (Actinidia chinensis).BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Genomic prediction and association analyses for breeding parthenocarpic blueberries.Horticulture research · 2025Article
- Neonicotinoid exposure increases Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) mite parasitism severity in honey bee colonies and is not mitigated by increased colony genetic diversity.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2024Article
- The hormone regulatory mechanism underlying parthenocarpic fruit formation in tomato.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Review
- Emerging threats and opportunities to managed bee species in European agricultural systems: a horizon scan.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Pollinator nutrition and its role in merging the dual objectives of pollinator health and optimal crop production.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Review
- Frontiers in effective control of problem parasites in beekeeping.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2022Article
- Hormonal interactions underlying parthenocarpic fruit formation in horticultural crops.Horticulture research · 2022Article
- Cross-talk between the cytokinin, auxin, and gibberellin regulatory networks in determining parthenocarpy in cucumber.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
- Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and address production shortfalls in an important insect-pollinated crop.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2021Article
- Atemoya fruit development and cytological aspects of GAProtoplasma · 2019Article
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Abstract
Whilst most studies reviewing the reliance of global agriculture on insect pollination advocate increasing the 'supply' of pollinators (wild or managed) to improve crop yields, there has been little focus on altering a crop's 'demand' for pollinators.Parthenocarpy (fruit set in the absence of fertilization) is a trait which can increase fruit quantity and quality from pollinator-dependent crops by removing the need for pollination.Here we present a meta-analysis of studies examining the extent and effectiveness of parthenocarpy-promoting techniques (genetic modification, hormone application and selective breeding) currently being used commercially, or experimentally, on pollinator-dependent crops in different test environments (no pollination, hand pollination, open pollination).All techniques significantly increased fruit quantity and quality in 18 pollinator-dependent crop species (not including seed and nut crops as parthenocarpy causes seedlessness). The degree to which plants experienced pollen limitation in the different test environments could not be ascertained, so the absolute effect of parthenocarpy relative to optimal pollination could not be determined.
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