Claim · model-written summary
Dipterans were the most frequent pollinator group during off-season longan flowering.
Verbatim
e0“Visitation rates of flower visitor groups significantly differed among treatments: for in‐season flowering, wild bees were the most frequent pollinator group, whereas in the off‐season flowering, there were no wild bees, and instead dipterans were the most frequent pollinator group.”
e1“longan ( Dimocarpus longan Lour.)”
Title
Tuanjit Sritongchuay; Kanuengnit Wayo; Michael C. Orr; et al. Journal of Applied Ecology 2020. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13787
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Wild bees were the most frequent pollinator group during in-season longan flowering in Northern Thailand.
- Observation No wild bees visited off-season longan flowers.
- Observation Honeybees were the most frequent pollinator group in off-season plantations with honeybee hives.
- Association Temporal variation in pollinator community significantly altered longan pollination efficiency.
- Observation Off-season longan farms without managed or wild bees generated lower net profit.
- Association Wild bees produced higher longan seed sets than honeybees.
- Association Wild bees produced higher longan seed sets than dipterans.
- Association In-season wild-bee pollination resulted in high longan fruit production.
- Observation Farmers managing honeybee hives during off-season longan production gained the largest net profit.
- Mechanism Promoting pollinator abundance and diversity is likely to increase long-term system resilience and profit.
- Recommendation The authors recommend more nesting habitat and reduced pesticide use to support longan pollinators.