SynthesisProceedings. Biological sciences2022
Managed honeybees decrease pollination limitation in self-compatible but not in self-incompatible crops.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Loss of pollinator diversity consistently reduces reproductive success for wild and cultivated plants.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Pooled it
- Global meta-analysis shows reduced quality of food crops under inadequate animal pollination.Nature communications · 2023Pooled it
- Managed honeybees decrease pollination limitation in self-compatible but not in self-incompatible crops.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Wild Insects Contribute More to Mango Pollination and Yield than Exotic Honeybees During Induced Off-Season Flowering in Southern Mexico.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effect of Honey Bee Colony Strength on Foraging Productivity and Its Application to Precision Pollination.Insects · 2026Article
- Molecular mechanisms and genetic regulation of self-incompatibility in flowering plants: implications for crop improvement and evolutionary biology.Plant molecular biology · 2025Review
- Evidence of widespread pollen limitation in diverse specialty crops on commercial farms.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Mixed effects of honey bees on pollination function in the Tibetan alpine grasslands.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Insufficient pollinator visitation often limits yield in crop systems worldwide.Nature ecology & evolution · 2024Article
- Impacts of Climate Change and Mitigation Strategies for Some Abiotic and Biotic Constraints Influencing Fruit Growth and Quality.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Addressing emerging issues in entomology: 2023 student debates.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2024Article
- PolLimCrop, a global dataset of pollen limitation in crops.Scientific data · 2023Article
- Greater bee diversity is needed to maintain crop pollination over time.Nature ecology & evolution · 2022Article
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Abstract
Modern agriculture is becoming increasingly pollinator-dependent. However, the global stock of domesticated honeybees is growing at a slower rate than its demand, while wild bees are declining worldwide. This uneven scenario of high pollinator demand and low pollinator availability can translate into increasing pollination limitation, reducing the yield of pollinator-dependent crops. However, overall assessments of crop pollination limitation and the factors determining its magnitude are missing. Based on 52 published studies including 30 crops, we conducted a meta-analysis comparing crop yield in pollen-supplemented versus open-pollinated flowers. We assessed the overall magnitude of pollination limitation and whether this magnitude was influenced by (i) the presence/absence of managed honeybees, (ii) crop compatibility system (i.e. self-compatible/self-incompatible) and (iii) the interaction between these two factors. Overall, pollen supplementation increased yield by approximately 34%, indicating sizable pollination limitation. Deployment of managed honeybees and self-compatibility were associated with lower pollination limitation. Particularly, active honeybee management decreased pollination limitation among self-compatible but apparently not among self-incompatible crops. These findings indicate that current pollination regimes are, in general, inadequate to maximize crop yield, even when including managed honeybees, and stress the need of transforming the pollination management paradigm of agricultural landscapes.
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