Development and validation of a precision pollination model

Author: Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Vincent P. Jones, Tory Schmidt

Published: 2020

Summary: Bloom curves for 7 different apple cultivars were developed. Netting during bloom slows bloom, disorients honeybees, and reduces both pollination and fruit set. A fruit set/pollination model shows that the first 95% of fruit set happens within the first 75% flowering. Climate change will reduce honeybee efficiency between 11.4-20.1%.

Keywords:

• Apple bloom curves
• Netting effects on honeybees
• Climate change effects on pollination
• Fruit set model