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 second of two “compendiums for practitioners”, sharing expert knowledge on
all dimensions of crop pollination in both temperate and tropical zones. The
focus in this second volume is on management, study and research tools and
techniques.