Abstract: More than twenty years ago,
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations contributed to the
growing recognition of the role of pollination in agricultural production, with
the publication of “The Pollination of Cultivated Plants in the Tropics”. Since
that time, the appreciation of pollinators has grown, alongside the realization
that we stand to lose them. But our knowledge and understanding of crop
pollination, pollinator biology, and best management practices has also
expanded over this time.
This volume is the first of two
“compendiums for practitioners”, sharing expert knowledge on all dimensions of
crop pollination in both temperate and tropical zones. The focus in this first
volume is on applied crop and system-specific pollination.