Tag page - crop pollination

Tomato plants can benefit from artificial pollination, especially in greenhouse settings where natural pollinators may not be present or sufficient. (Martinez Gonzalez/Pexels) Pollination is the process by which pollen grains from the male part of a flower are transferred to the female part of the...

The effects of the climate crisis, habitat loss, and pesticide use are the main contributors to the decline in the number of wild pollinators.  Photo by Pexels from Pixabay. Because of this, growers have used “managed pollinators'' like commercial bumblebees to aid in their crop pollination....