Claim · #6495203
Bombus spp. · pollination · Solanum lycopersicum
pollination · effect: beneficial
pollinates GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“bumblebees buzz pollinate tomato flowers”
- Authors
- Garibaldi L.A., et al.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- Nature Sustainability
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Buzz pollination of tomato by Bombus is foundational greenhouse and field horticulture knowledge (Buchmann 1983; Free 1993); essential for fruit set.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Sonication by Bombus on poricidal Solanum anthers is textbook pollination biology; commercially deployed for tomato production worldwide.”
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