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POLLINATION

05/04/2024 | News

Maximizing Blueberry Production: Optimal Pollination Thresholds
A recent study published by the Regional Ecology Institute (IER) provides crucial insights into pollination management for enhancing blueberry production. Through experiments and observational data, researchers identified optimal pollen deposition thresholds on flower stigmas resulting in larger fruit diameter. They found that optimal pollen...

12/05/2023 | News

Blueberry: pollination and production in South America
"Blueberry: pollination and production in South America" is a scientific dissemination book that offers valuable information on pollination and its importance for blueberry production in South America, with a particular focus on Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. The authors, including Andrés Ramírez-Mejía, Natacha Chacoff and Pedro...

21/04/2023 | News

Interaction between Ecosystem Services under Different Agricultural and Landscape Management Strategies
Funding Source: PIUNT Projects; Secretary of Science, Art and Technological Innovation. Abstract: Agricultural production is highly dependent on ecosystem services and there is now a growing recognition that, in particular, regulating services such as pest control, pollination, and nutrient cycling can jointly affect production in many crops....

15/03/2023 | News

Effects of the Varroa destructor mite on Apis mellifera drones at congregation areas under contrasting parasitism and landscapes
FUNDING SOURCE: FONCyT SUMMARY: The survival of Apis mellifera colonies is currently compromised by the action of multiple abiotic and biotic stress factors, which generally act synergistically. In recent decades, the high prevalence of the Varroa destructor mite in colonies has generated concern among producers and has encouraged scientists to...

27/11/2022

SURPASS2: Safeguarding Pollinators and Pollination Services
SOURCE OF FUNDING: Newton Fund SUMMARY: The expansion and intensification of agriculture have been linked to the loss of pollinators and a decline in pollination services. Although multiple factors contribute to this phenomenon, the loss or degradation of natural habitats is considered one of the main drivers. Therefore, effective monitoring of...

28/06/2019

Biodiversity, functioning, and ecosystem services provision in soybean fields of the Semi-Arid Chaco (PICT2017-3572)
  Principal Investigator: N Chacoff Financial Source: FONCYT Abstract The demand for food grows rapidly, but the impacts that agricultural expansion have on natural systems are also growing. This demand is satisfied, in part, with the transformation of natural lands, but also with an increase in production in areas that are already...

19/06/2019 | News

Ecosystem services mediated by plant-animal interactions in a context of change of land use in northwestern Argentina
Principal Investigator: Pedro G. Blendinger. Co-Principal investigator: Natacha Chacoff. Funded by: Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (PIUNT 2018- #G609). 2018-2021. With this project, we plan to generate quantitative information on plant-pollinator systems in natural, urban and agricultural ecosystems of NW Argentina. We will use four study...

07/08/2018

Ecosystem services mediated by plant-animal interactions in a context of change of land use in the northwest Argentine
[caption id="attachment_4756" align="alignleft" width="640"] The proximity to forests facilitates the access of pollinators to crops, an ecosystem service whose impact is evaluated within the framework of the project.[/caption] Responsible: Dr. Pedro G. Blendinger. Funding: Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (Project...