Butterfly Pollination of the Dryland Wildflower <i>Gloriosa minor</i>

Martins, Dino J.

doi:10.2982/028.103.0103

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“…Large-to medium-sized butterflies act as pollinators via their wings [194]. Gloriosa minor Rendle (Colchicaceae) is a dry land floral plant in Kenya that depends on butterflies for pollination, and consequently the production of seeds, which are a source of colchicine [195]. Caesalpinia pulcherrima was pollinated mainly via butterflies which carry the pollen on their wings [196].…”

Section: Butterflies Vs Beesmentioning

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Overview of Bee Pollination and Its Economic Value for Crop Production

Khalifa

Elshafiey

Shetaia

et al. 2021

Insects

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Pollination plays a significant role in the agriculture sector and serves as a basic pillar for crop production. Plants depend on vectors to move pollen, which can include water, wind, and animal pollinators like bats, moths, hoverflies, birds, bees, butterflies, wasps, thrips, and beetles. Cultivated plants are typically pollinated by animals. Animal-based pollination contributes to 30% of global food production, and bee-pollinated crops contribute to approximately one-third of the total human dietary supply. Bees are considered significant pollinators due to their effectiveness and wide availability. Bee pollination provides excellent value to crop quality and quantity, improving global economic and dietary outcomes. This review highlights the role played by bee pollination, which influences the economy, and enlists the different types of bees and other insects associated with pollination.

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Section: Butterflies Vs Beesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Overview of Bee Pollination and Its Economic Value for Crop Production

Khalifa

Elshafiey

Shetaia

et al. 2021

Insects

270

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“…In Brazil, [21] reported butterflies as the most abundant and important pollinators of macadamia flowers. Generally, butterflies visit flowers to collect nectar as their food that is collected with their proboscis adapted even for long tubular flowers and in the process their bodies come into contact with the anthers thus pollen sticks on their tiny scales which is transferred to subsequent flowers they visit [58] [59].…”

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Diversity of Insect Flower Visitors on Macadamia within a Monoculture Orchard in Murang’a County, Central Kenya

Njue,

Muthomi,

Chemining’wa

et al. 2023

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Macadamia is cultivated for its nutritious edible kernel. In Kenya, the crop is predominantly grown by smallholder farmers mainly for export markets. Macadamia trees also enhance agro-forestry conservation, in the East African farmlands, by providing habitat and floral resources to beneficial arthropods such as insect pollinators. Allogamy of macadamia flowers is largely dependent on insects that pollinate and consequently influence the nut set, retention and yield. However, there is limited information on macadamia insect flower visitors in Kenya. This article assessed the diversity of insects that forage flowers of macadamia crop, and further evaluated their temporal distribution, in Murang'a county, central Kenya. Insect flower visitors were sampled weekly using a butterfly net for twelve consecutive months, from January 2021 to December 2021. Sixty-one insect species were recorded foraging macadamia flowers in Murang'a county, central Kenya. There was a statistical difference in the Simpson diversity index among weather seasons, dry, long rain, cold and short rain (p < 0.0005) and between two flowering patterns, dense and sparse (p < 0.0005). The findings of this study confirmed that diverse species of bees, butterflies and true flies forage flowers of macadamia crop in central Kenya, with the honey bee (Apis mellifera), a key pollinator species, being the most abundant flower visitor. This study provides strong baseline information, to scientists and farmers, on probable macadamia pollinator species, in central Kenya.

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“…Por otra parte, desde que Wiklund et al (1982) sugirieron una relación de parasitismo entre mariposas y flores, han ido apareciendo trabajos que demuestran claramente lo contrario y que evidencian el rol fundamental de los lepidópteros (tanto diurnos como nocturnos) como polinizadores de algunas plantas, no sólo en las regiones tropicales o subtropicales (Cruden y Hermann-Parker 1979;Johnson y Bond 1992;Oliveira et al 2004;Martins 2014) sino también en las templadas (Bloch et al 2006;Epps et al 2015). El reciente trabajo de Epps et al (2015) es particularmente revelador al poner de manifiesto que las alas de una mariposa muy común y de gran tamaño (Papilio glaucus) en Norteamérica actúan como vector del polen de Rhododendron calendulaceum y que las visitas de esta mariposa explican, casi de manera exclusiva, la polinización de la planta.…”

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