• Importance of biotic pollination varies across common bean cultivars 

    Franceschinelli, Edivani V.; Ribeiro, Paula L. M.; Mesquita-Neto, José N.; Bergamini, Leonardo L.; Madureira de Assis, Igor; Elias, Marcos A. S.; Fernandes, Paulo M.; Carvalheiro, Luísa G. (2022)
    Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) flowers are morphologically adapted to biotic pollination, although it is partially autogamous. We evaluated the effect of pollinator visits on pod and seed production of 14 local creole ...

  • Native bee fauna of tomato crops: a comparison of active sampling and pan trapping methods 

    Franceschinelli, Edivani V.; Bergamini, Leonardo L.; Silva-Neto, Carlos M.; Elias, Marcos A. S.; Moreira, Giselle L.; Morais, Joicy M.; Mesquita-Neto, José N. (2019)
    The tomato is widely cultivated throughout the world and requires pollination by wild or managed bees to realize its full-potential fruit production. Two different sampling methods (pan trapping and active sampling) were ...