Analysis of expression and transport activity of sugar transporter gene HpSWEET7 from red pitaya by ZHENG Qianming, YAN Shuang, XIE Pu, WANG Honglin, MA Yuhua

“…The expression level was the highest in fruits at 20 d after pollination, gradually decreased with fruit development, and was the lowest in ripe fruits (30 d after pollination). …”
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An increased proportion of transgenic plants in the progeny of rapeseed (<i>Brassica napus</i> L.) transformants by G. N. Raldugina, T. Z. Hoang, H. B. Ngoc, I. V. Karpichev

“…Furthermore, we showed that propagation of plants by cutting followed by propagation by seeds formed as a result of self-pollination led to an increase in the proportion of transgenic plants in subsequent generations. …”
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Blue Orchard Bee, Osmia lignaria Say (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) by Alden Estep, Catherine Zettel-Nalen, James Ellis

“…Blue orchard bees can be purchased online for pollination, and they are shipped as pupae ready to emerge in the spring. …”
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Building Bear Fences for Your Apiary by Kimberly K. Post, Cameron Jack

“…Many top beekeeping and pollination states also fall within the range of the American black bear. …”
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Building Bear Fences for Your Apiary by Kimberly K. Post, Cameron Jack

“…Many top beekeeping and pollination states also fall within the range of the American black bear. …”
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Design is Everywhere, But Nowhere in Patent Analytics by Taek-Kyun Shin, Jieun Kim

“…Cases from renowned companies—Apple, Dyson, Samsung, and LG electronics— reveal different shapes of innovation activities, focusing on product diversification strategies, collaboration patterns and design-technology cross-pollination flows. …”
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PICT: A low‐cost, modular, open‐source camera trap system to study plant–insect interactions by Vincent Droissart, Laura Azandi, Eric Rostand Onguene, Marie Savignac, Thomas B. Smith, Vincent Deblauwe

“…The system is particularly well suited for the study of pollination, insect behaviour and predator–prey interactions. …”
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Biodiversity of Non-<i>Apis</i> Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in the Potohar Region of Pakistan by Sumera Aslam, Muhammad Naeem, Sabir Hussain, Maryam Riasat, Muhammad Ather Rafi, Ahmed Zia, Muhammad Khalid Rafique, Nawaz Haider Bashir, Huanhuan Chen

“…Bees are essential for providing ecosystem services such as pollination to many crops worldwide. However, there is growing concern over the decline of bee populations, which threatens agricultural productivity. …”
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Many Plants Have Extrafloral Nectaries Helpful to Beneficials by Russell F. Mizell

“… Most everyone is aware that flowers commonly produce nectar that is important in encouraging pollination as well as providing food for hummingbirds and insects. …”
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Growing Plums in Florida by Mercy Olmstead, E. P. Miller, Peter C. Andersen, Jeffrey G. Williamson

“…This revised 13-page fact sheet provides information for growing plums in Florida including information about chilling hours, pollination and fruit set, fruit harvesting, and yields, as well as information about the plum cultivars adapted to grow in Florida. …”
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Growing Plums in Florida by Mercy Olmstead, E. P. Miller, Peter C. Andersen, Jeffrey G. Williamson

“…This revised 13-page fact sheet provides information for growing plums in Florida including information about chilling hours, pollination and fruit set, fruit harvesting, and yields, as well as information about the plum cultivars adapted to grow in Florida. …”
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Many Plants Have Extrafloral Nectaries Helpful to Beneficials by Russell F. Mizell

“… Most everyone is aware that flowers commonly produce nectar that is important in encouraging pollination as well as providing food for hummingbirds and insects. …”
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Analysis of Pollen Collected by Andrena flavipes Panzer (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Sweet Cherry Orchards, Afyonkarahisar Province of Turkey by Yasemin Güler, Kadriye Sorkun

“…Andrena, which is the largest genus in the Andrenidae, is a very important genus for the pollination of fruit trees. Andrena flavipes Panzer is one of the most common species observed in the study area and can continue the flight activity even under low temperature. …”
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Several New Aspects of the Foraging Behavior of Osmia cornifrons in an Apple Orchard by Shogo Matsumoto, Tsutomu Maejima

“…We investigated the foraging behavior of Osmia cornifrons Radoszkowski, which is a useful pollinator in apple orchards consisting of only one kind of commercial cultivars such as “Fuji”, and of different types of pollinizers, such as the red petal type, “Maypole” or “Makamik”. …”
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Nectar‐Feeding Behavior in the Mallee Ringneck, Barnardius zonarius barnardi by Amanda E. Hewes, Alejandro Rico‐Guevara, Todd J. McWhorter

“…In order to understand the implications of this behavior to plant reproduction via pollination and to other nectarivores via competition, more thorough descriptions of opportunistic nectar‐feeding behavior are necessary. …”
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TRANSFER OF ARGOS-LIKE AND ATEXPA10 GENES INTO NONTRANSGENIC FORMS OF TOBACCO AND PHENOTYPIC EFFECTS OF THEIR CONSTITUTIVE EXPRESSION by B. R. Kuluev, E. V. Mikhaylova, A. V. Chemeris

“…Hybrid plants were obtained by pollination of Nicotiana rustica and Nicotiana tabacum Black Cuban cultivar with pollen of transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plants of Petit Havana SR1 cultivar bearing the ARGOS-LIKE and AtEXPA10 genes. …”
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Modeling colony collapse disorder in honeybees as a contagion by Christopher M. Kribs-Zaleta, Christopher Mitchell

“…Honeybee pollination accounts annually for over $14 billion in United States agriculture alone. …”
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Is Recurving an Effective Strategy of Trifolium repens L. to Augment Reproduction? by Mustaqeem Ahmad, Sanjay Kr. Uniyal

“…The remaining 10 plants were covered with a net to limit cross-pollination. Daily observations on the plants were recorded. …”
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Efficiency of Buzzing Bees in Fruit Set and Seed Set of Solanum violaceum in Sri Lanka by R. W. M. U. M. Wanigasekara, W. A. I. P. Karunaratne

“…Plant-pollinator interactions are often considered as tightly coevolved, mutualistic relationships. …”
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Letter Writing to Promote Philosophical Reflection About Medicine by Timothy Daly, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

“… Letters to the editor (LTEs) are a versatile short-format forum with unique characteristics to allow for cross-pollination of different kinds of philosophical reflection about medicine. …”
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