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Shoko Nakamura
Life Sciences
Environmental Management
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The influence of garden flowers on pollinator visits to forest flowers: comparison of bumblebee habitat use between urban and natural areas
As garden plants in urbanized environments provide considerable diverse floral resources to pollinators, the availability of floral resources has changed as a consequence of increasing urbanization. Although p...
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Open AccessPollination effectiveness of European honeybee, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae), in an Oriental persimmon, Diospyros kaki (Ericales: Ebenaceae), orchard
Most common cultivars of Oriental (or Japanese) persimmon, Diospyros kaki Thunb. (Ericales: Ebenaceae), set mostly female flowers and require pollen from male flowers of other cultivars for pollination. Growers o...
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Open AccessPollination efficiency of bumblebee, honeybee, and hawkmoth in kabocha squash, Cucurbita maxima, production in Kagoshima, Japan
Kabocha squash, Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, in delayed-start culture is one of the major cultivation systems in southwestern Japan. Honeybee introduction or hand-pollination has been practiced in this crop system,...
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Open AccessPollinators of Oriental persimmon in Japan
Japanese farmers who grow Oriental persimmon, Diospyros kaki Thunb. (Ericales: Ebenaceae), occasionally introduce Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) hives into their orchards during the flowering season, mai...
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Can small wild pollinators be used practically for fruit set in apple trees?
The pollination services provided by small wild pollinators in apple orchards were investigated in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. In the apple orchard in 2017 and 2018, wild species constituted about 43% of...
