Crop breeding to break nexus between bee decline/food production?
Crop breeding to break nexus between bee decline/food production?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.gfs.2018.09.003
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发表时间：
2018-12-01
影响因子：
8.9
通讯作者：
Nichols, Philip
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作者：
Hamblin, John;Barbetti, Martin J.;Nichols, Philip
据报道，70%的作物产量得益于动物授粉，主要是蜜蜂授粉。人们主要担心的是，蜜蜂数量的减少会减少食物产量。目前的研究重点是蜜蜂健康及其对作物生产的影响。传粉者被认为是包括甜瓜在内的13种作物高产所必需的。在这里，我们展示了选择几种作物的基因类型是可能的，包括甜瓜，产量与传粉者无关。这种用于管理授粉/生产关系的方法还没有被广泛考虑。我们将我们的结果和方法与用于确定作物是否需要蜜蜂授粉的报告进行比较。对蜜蜂无关品种的吸收将取决于该物种是草本植物还是多年生植物。我们的结果表明，蜜蜂数量减少的潜在影响被严重高估了。
Yield of 70% of crops are reported to benefit from animal pollination, primarily by bees. There are major concerns that honey bee (Apis mellifera) decline will reduce food production. Current research focuses on bee health and its impact on crop production. Pollinators are considered essential for high yields of thirteen crops including melons. Here we show it is possible to select genotypes of several crops, including melons, where yield is independent of pollinators. This approach, for managing the pollination/production nexus, has not been widely considered. We contrast our results and methodology with reports used to determine a crop's need for bee pollination. Uptake of bee independent varieties will depend on whether the species is herbaceous or perennial. Our results suggest the potential impact of bee decline has been significantly over-estimated.