Strategies to enhance greenhouse strawberry yield through honeybee pollination behavior: a simulation study.

ABSTRACT: Strawberries are a widely cultivated greenhouse crop in China, primarily pollinated by honeybees, in accordance with traditional planting practices and local conditions. Extensive research has demonstrated that cross-pollination benefits numerous strawberry cultivars, leading to enhanced yield through the interplanting of different cultivars. However, the high costs associated with cultivation have hindered systematic research on the design of interplanting strategies. In this study, we utilized a simulation model to investigate how to leverage honeybee natural foraging behavior to improve pollination efficiency and explore fruit weight under various interplanting strategies within a greenhouse. Our findings indicate that adopting an alternating planting approach for different cultivars wi

SUBMITTER: Cao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11655200 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature