Pollination by native bees achieves high fruit quantity and quality of highbush blueberry: a sustainable alternative to managed pollinators

IntroductionBlueberry is one of the most relevant buzz-pollinated crops worldwide, and Chile is the most important global producer of fresh blueberries during wintertime in the Northern Hemisphere. Non-buzzing bees, such as honey bees, may provide suboptimal services compared with bees capable of bu...

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Main Authors: Benito Cortés-Rivas, Víctor Hugo Monzón, Juliana Ordones Rego, José Neiva Mesquita-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1142623/full