Pollination Biology

Dear colleagues,

As an important part of the ecosystem, pollinating insects provide important ecological services to the ecosystem and also play an important role in maintaining the dynamic balance and relative stability of the ecosystem. Pollinators have important links to ecosystem health, green agriculture, food security and nutritional health. Pollinator insects account for 80–85% of all animal pollination and provide vital services to the plant–pollinator ecosystem, the importance of which is widely recognized by researchers and the general public. Honeybees are the dominant pollinating insects, with some 17,000 species and 90 percent of the world's 107 major crop species pollinated by bees. Since the 1960s, the area of crops dependent on insect pollination has tripled worldwide, and the direct or indirect economic value of insect pollination services has become an important component of gross agricultural product in many developed countries. This Special Issue will cover a wide range of topics relating to pollinator insects and their applications in agriculture. We encourage researchers and experts from different disciplines to contribute their valuable insights and findings to this Special Issue. We welcome both original research and review articles on the following topics, including, but not limited to:

(1) Pollinator insect diversity;

(2) Pollinator–plant interactions;

(3) Conservation and utilization of pollinators;

(4) Environmental effects on pollinators;

(5) Applications of pollinator insects in agriculture.

Dr. Yu Gao
Guest Editor

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• conservation biology

• insect diversity
• pollinator-plant interactions

• ecosystem service

• pollinator insect