Restructuring of power market not only introduces competition but also brings complexity which increases overloading of Transmission Lines(TL).To obviate this complexity,this paper aims to mitigate the overloading and...
supported by Future Trees Trust,The Patsy Wood Trust,Scottish Forestry Trust,Aitchinson Tait Trust,and Action Oak.
Acorn production in oaks(Quercus spp.)shows considerable inter-annual variation,known as masting.The effects of pollen sourced from trees within or outside the stand on acorn production were investigated in pedunculat...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32201680);the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(Grant No.CARS-28-21);the National Science and Technology Development Program of China(Grant No.NK2022160104);Jiangsu Agricultural Machinery Integrated Program(Grant No.JSYTH01);Nanjing Modern Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Demonstration Technology Innovation Project(Grant No.NJ[2024]01);Jiangsu Modern Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Technology Demonstration Extension Fund(Grant No.NJ2024-24);Wuxi Science Technology Development Fund(Grant No.N20221003).
With the rapid advancement of modern agriculture,mechanized and intelligent pollination has emerged as a crucial focus for enhancing agricultural efficiency and minimizing labor expenses.Traditional pollination method...
funded by East Tennessee State University RDC grant and NSF DEB 1931163 to GAG,and the honors in discipline grant awarded to AK.
The nectar microbiome can influence pollinator choice and plant fitness.Previous research has shown that changes in environmental conditions at large spatial scales can influence nectar microbiome composition.However,...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070255 and 32200186).
The behavioral response of pollinators is significantly influenced by the prior experience of flower visiting.Learning of pollinators,including non-associative learning,associative learning,and operant conditioning,is...
Supported by Major Project of Agricultural Biological Breeding(2023ZD0404205);Science and Technology Plan Project of Changsha City(kq2107016)。
This study aimed to understand the growing development and physiological characteristics of seeds harvested different days after pollination and the seedlings emerged from the seeds of yellow-seeded Brassica napus L.....
funded by the National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFE0115200);the Biodiversity Survey and the Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China (2019HJ2096001006);the National Animal Collection Resource Center, China。
The Qinling Mountains, known for their rich vegetation and diverse pollinating insects, have seen a significant decline in bee species richness and abundance over recent decades, largely due to the introduction and sp...
supported by Future Trees Trust,The Patsy Wood Trust,Scottish Forestry Trust,Aitchinson Tait Trust,and Action Oak for funding;support from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S015833/1 (QUINTUS));support from the JABBS Trust,Norbury Park Estate,The John Horseman Trust,Ecological Continuity Trust,and the University of Birmingham;Access to BIFoR Core Data was funded by Royal Society University Research Fellowship URFR1191326
Acorn production in oak(Quercus spp.)shows considerable inter-annual variation,known as masting,which provides a natural defence against seed predators but a highly-variable supply of acorns for uses such as in commer...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangzhou(grant number 202201010218);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 32271613 and 32170232);the Guangdong Forestry Bureau Fund(grant number 890-2020-XMZC-2758-01-0001);the Science and Technology Basic Works Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China(grant number 2019FY202100).
Plant–Lepidoptera interactions are often studied using the pollination or herbivore networks only.Lepidoptera species are involved in two types of plant–insect interactions because they are herbivores as larvae and ...
supported by the National Science&Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China (Grant No.2019FY1018oo);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP)program (No.2019QZKK0502);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.31970211).
The genus Impatiens comprises more than 1000 species and displays enormous morphological diversity.As a taxon that is notoriously difficult to classify morphologically,the taxonomic significance of pollen morphology h...