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Insect pollinators and their conservation

2017

To address the concerns regarding insect pollinator populations in state of Jammu and Kashmir, we surveyed and interviewed local farmers to gain a better understanding of current farming practices and their effects on bee populations. We also consulted a number of apiary and agricultural experts during the research phase from 2012 till 2016. The final product may be concluded in this manuscript which describes various native and managed pollinator species and their habitat requirements. The paper further suggests best management practices that have the potential to help promote the growth and stability of these pollinator populations in Kashmir division of J &K, India.

Insect Pollinators; Agents for Increasing Crop Productivity

2018

Besides, making use of agronomic inputs and biotechnological approaches, the third way of increasing crop production and productivity is through management of pollination. It is an essential ecological services, provide by pollinators, helps in mitigating the problems of food production, nutritional security and biodiversity conservation. Pollinators, both biotic and abiotic, play an important role in sustaining the life in earth. Among various biotic polzlinators, which include living organism such as insects, birds, bats and others, insect pollinators play significant role in increasing food production through the process of their foraging. In the world of insects, different species of bees including honeybees, bumble-bees, stingless bees, and solitary bees are the most effective pollinators of crops. Over 25,000 species of bees are reported to pollinate over 70% of the world’s cultivated crops. About 15% of the world’s 100 principal crops are pollinated by manageable species of h...

INSECT POLLINATORS AND THEIR CHALLENGES: A REVIEW

2020

Mutualisms between plants and their floral visitors sustain not only plant diversity, but also the diversity of an estimated 350, 000 animal species, mainly various insects, birds and mammals. Wild bees represent the most important group of pollinator insects because they play a key role in agriculture, pollinating almost all crop varieties. However, they are increasingly at risk of local and even global extinction. Climate change and habitat loss are affecting all major aspects of the biology of insects that pollinate plants in both natural and agricultural communities. Understanding network structure and its underlying causes are essential parts of any study of biodiversity and its responses to disturbances, yet it is a conceptual and methodological challenge to address these problems in highly diversified communities with thousands of interactions. Plant-pollinator communities are typically composed of a high number of plant species and an even greater number of pollinator species.

Insect pollinators and sustainable agriculture

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture, 1990

'forage 99 to sustain populations when the target crops are not in bloom. Examples are discussed to illustrate how private initiatives and changes to public policy can enhance pollinator habitat, and ultimately, agricultural productivity.

Conservation of Insect Pollinators through Indigenous Traditional and Western Scientific Knowledge

Advances in Life Science and Technology, 2018

Though useful indigenous knowledge systems are abound they are often overlooked by Western scientific research and development because of the oral tradition and certain inherent limitations in indigenous knowledge systems. This paper explores the usefulness of insect pollinators, harmful practices to the insect pollinators and their conservation, traditional indigenous knowledge that exists about insect pollinators, as well as the need for infusion of traditional indigenous knowledge and western scientific knowledge in the conservation and preservation of insect pollinators. The paper espouses the numerous benefits of insect pollinators right down from ecological to religious, financial and aesthetic. It also delved into some deliberate and inadvertent human practices that threaten the very existence of insect pollinators and the consequences. It is clear from the literature that though indigenous traditional knowledge about insect pollinators is in somewhat confused state its role ...