A new study argues that focusing solely on pollinator abundance overlooks the crucial role of pollinator species and crop variety distribution in determining fruit quality.
Animal pollination contributes to a third of global food production, but little research has been done into the extent to which the identity of pollinators, pollen and crop varieties influence fruit quality in terms of the nutritional, sensory and commercial value of crops. Pollinators influence the quality of crops through their movement patterns on the plantations and through the plant variety they visit.
Researchers argue that the blanket promotion of pollinators has so far been too much of a priority -- at the expense of plant quality, which could be improved by taking into account the species-specific behavior of pollinators and the distribution patterns of crop varieties in the field. Animal pollination is important for two thirds of the world's most important crops and is estimated to be worth several hundred billion US dollars per year. Crops that depend wholly or partly on animal pollinators (for example many fruits, nuts and pulses) contain more than 90 percent of the vitamin C in our diet as well as nutritionally important carotenoids and antioxidants
POLLINATION FRUIT QUALITY POLLINATORS CROP VARIETIES NUTRITION
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