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dc.contributor.authorVarnava, Androulla I.-
dc.contributor.authorManganaris, George A.-
dc.contributor.authorStavrinides, Menelaos-
dc.contributor.editorBossart, Janice L.-
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T10:57:00Z-
dc.date.available2024-02-23T10:57:00Z-
dc.date.issued2023-10-
dc.identifier.citationPLoS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, iss. 10en_US
dc.identifier.issn19326203-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/31409-
dc.description.abstractAs the current climate crisis intensifies, drought resistant crops are becoming more important due to their ability to withstand the increasingly hotter and drier summers. Such crops are valuable for pollinators as they provide food resources for wild and managed species. The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) represents an example of a heat- and drought- resistant crop, able to grow in dry areas with practically no inputs. The current study assessed over two growing seasons the diversity of wild bees and other pollinators relying on carob flowers, as well as the contribution of animal pollination to carob production. Carob flowers were subjected to two treatments: Open pollination, where inflorescences were left untreated, and wind pollination, where inflorescences were bagged in a mesh during blooming. Weekly observations during blooming showed that Apis mellifera was the most frequent floral visitor followed by wild bees and wasps. Carob flowers were visited by at least 10 different wild bee species. Open-pollinated flowers produced significantly more pods, with the benefit ranging from 4 to 16 times higher production, depending on the region. Open pollination led to pods with greater weight, length and number of seeds compared to pods derived from wind pollination. The results of the current study highlight the importance of animal pollination to carob production, as well as the significance of carob trees to wild bee conservation.en_US
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dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectAnimalsen_US
dc.subjectBeesen_US
dc.subjectBiodiversityen_US
dc.subjectCrops, Agriculturalen_US
dc.subjectFlowersen_US
dc.subjectPollinationen_US
dc.subjectSeedsen_US
dc.subjectWaspsen_US
dc.titleAssessing the biodiversity and the impact of pollinators on carob productionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.collaborationCyprus University of Technologyen_US
dc.subject.categoryAgricultural Biotechnologyen_US
dc.journalsOpen Accessen_US
dc.countryCyprusen_US
dc.subject.fieldAgricultural Sciencesen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0291431en_US
dc.identifier.pmid37862335-
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85174826254-
dc.identifier.urlhttps://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85174826254-
dc.relation.issue10en_US
dc.relation.volume18en_US
cut.common.academicyear2023-2024en_US
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crisitem.journal.journalissn1932-6203-
crisitem.journal.publisherPloS-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Geotechnical Sciences and Environmental Management-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Geotechnical Sciences and Environmental Management-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-5849-6104-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-6459-1941-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Geotechnical Sciences and Environmental Management-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Geotechnical Sciences and Environmental Management-
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