AgroEco

Claim · #6495805

Insecta (class) · pollination · Plantae (kingdom)

pollination · effect: beneficial

pollinates GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“fruit set increased significantly with wild insect visitation in all crop systems”
Source
Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance
Authors
Garibaldi L.A., Steffan-Dewenter I., Winfree R., Aizen M.A., Bommarco R., Cunningham S.A., Kremen C., Carvalheiro L.G., Harder L.D., et al.
Year
2013
Publication
Science
Page
1609

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Garibaldi et al. 2013 (Science) finding on wild-insect fruit-set superiority across 41 crop systems matches this claim verbatim.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Wild insect visitation enhancing fruit set across all 41 crop systems is the headline result of the Garibaldi global synthesis.”

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