Exploring ways for cocoa farmers to hand pollinate their crops could help offset crop losses resulting from climate changes, researchers suggest. Rising temperatures have substantially reduced cocoa ...

A recent study investigates the role of sonic vibrations in improving pollination efficiency and fruit size in tomatoes. By simulating bee-like vibrations using non-contact sonication technology, the ...

Agricultural crops such as fruits rely on honeybees for much of their pollination work, but in recent years, honeybee populations have declined globally due to the use of pesticides, other insect ...

Drones can be effective pollinators in controlled environments, but they are not equipped to replace the work of bees in natural systems. (Pixabay, Pexels) In towering glasshouses at a tomato farm in ...

Farmers from Australia to the UK are using drones to pollinate food crops like tomatoes, but can technology ever replace bees? — AFP TWO WELLS, Australia/MERU NATIONAL PARK, Kenya: In towering ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images If your tomato plants are flowering but not producing fruit, you might be ...

TWO WELLS, Australia/MERU NATIONAL PARK, Kenya, April 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – I n towering glasshouses at a tomato farm in South Australia, everything from the temperature to the ultraviolet ...

Tomato plants can look healthy yet produce no fruit. Often, the problem isn’t fertilizer or sunlight — it’s pollination. These four simple hand-pollination methods help transfer pollen when wind and ...