Promoting Pollination and Pollinators in Farming

Promoting pollination and pollinators in farming, edited by Professor Peter Kevan and Dr D. Susan Willis Chan, is an excellent compendium of knowledge on the broadly understood process of pollination. Pollination is an extremely important ecosystem service provided by insects, therefore a comprehensive understanding of the diverse relationships between plants and pollinators requires a great deal of knowledge. This publication, prepared by many prominent specialists in pollination, offers readers a state of the art overview on the subject. It shows the secrets of the mechanisms developed by plants in order to encourage insects to visit their flowers and make effective cross-pollination. This is especially important in the case of cultivated plants, but also wild ones. In addition, it indicates the current threats to pollinating insects (climate change, diseases and pests, and the impact of pesticides) and methods of preventing adverse phenomena affecting the well-being of pollinators. The book also considers the phenomenon of interspecific competition of insects in ecosystems. In bringing this research together, the book highlights the need to protect ecosystem-valuable pollinators so that they can fulfil their role in the environment. It also gives growers practical tips on good pollinator care behaviour. In conclusion, this is an extremely valuable and much-needed publication for the whole of society.

Promoting pollination and pollinators in farming

Pages: 414

Print (Hardback) ISBN: 978-1-80146-098-9

eBook ISBN: 978-1-80146-101-6

Book DOI: https://doi.org/10.19103/AS.2022.0111

Editors: Emeritus Professor Peter Kevan and Dr D. Susan Willis Chan

Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing

Series Name: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

Series Number: 126

Publisher's Address: 82 High Street, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3HJ, UK