Pollination Info by Crop
Some of these sources include some basic cultural information, as well as pollination info. For more extensive commercial cultural info please go here For gardening and home fruit cultural information go here
A wealth of information is available, listed by crop from McGregor, Insect Pollination of Cultivated Crop Plants, 1976, USDA. This is a listing of additional or newer resources.
General Tree Fruit
Effective Pollination: A short course by Richard
Norton (tree fruits)
Antithsis
and Pollination Outline of basic concepts of tree fruit pollination Penn
State, Dr. Rob Crassweller
Rick Fell's Recommendations:
Honeybee Colonies per Acre
Fruit Variety
Recommendations and Pollenizers for Arizona
Orchard Pollination in
Washington
Commercial Fruit Grower
Pollination Planning Tips & Resources
Container Fruit Growing poses
pollination problems
Edible Landscaping and
Gardening Ben Sharvy's huge database of common and exotic plants that includes
pollenizer data for many
Pollination
Requirements for Fruits and Nuts: OK
Fruits of Warm Climates
by Julia Morton has pollination information on some tropical and subtropical
fruits. Also low-chill
fruits for south California with pollenizers
Pollination Recommendations in Ontario
Removal of Blooms in
Orchard Floors to protect bees from pesticide poisoning is good practice, but soon may
be specified in law.
A Guide to Managing Bees for Crop
Pollination
Pollination
Botany: Plant adaptations to achieve pollination
Critical
Temperatures for Blossom Buds Washington State
Rainforest fruit pollination in Brazil
Yeager, A. F. 1937. Pollination studies with North Dakota fruits. Proceedings
of the American Society of Horticultural Science 35: 12 - 13.
Aquatic Plants: underwater (hydrophilous) pollination MN
Acerola: Yamane, G. M. & H. Y. Nakasone,
1961. Pollination and fruit set studies of Acerola (Malpighia glabra L.) in Hawaii.
Proceedings of the American Society of
Horticultural Science 78: 141-148.
Alfalfa
Moving bees in CA
(See also Lucerne) In Oklahoma Pollinator
Photos
Leafcutter Bee Culture and Use in
Manitoba for Alfalfa
How many bees to optimize
yield? Pollen Tube
Growth and Fertilization in Tripped and Untripped Flowers
Zharinov, V. I. 1977. Increasing the population of wild bees. Pollinators of Alfalfa in forest-steppes of the Ukrainian SSR. Ekologiya 5: 95-97. [In Russian.].
Zaleski, A. 1956. Lucerne investigation. II. Pollination and seed setting in Lucerne strains. Journal of Agricultural Sciences 48: 236-244.
Waja, A. K., S. H. Ibrahim & M. A. Eweis, 1975. Insect pollination of alfalfa, Medicago sativa L. Agricultural Research Reviews 53: 199-207.
Walstrom, R. J. & P. A. Jones, 1968. Alfalfa leaf-cutter bee management for alfalfa pollination in South Dakota. South Dakota Agric. Exper. Station Bull. No. 544: 1-12.Apple
Asian Pear
Atemoya pollination with beetles
Avocado A compilation from recent research on this hard-to-pollinate crop in South Africa, Israel, Australia
Avocado, cherimoya, dates, and other subtropical fruit pollination Avocado pollination in Israel USDA article
Pollination, Pollinators. and Pollinizers for Avocado in California
Beans: Info with a large number of recent research abstracts See also Lima Beans
Blackberry Pollination Images
Blueberry Rate Your Blueberry Pollination Blue Bees for Blueberries
Using Bumble Bees in Maine for wild blueberries,
Bumblebee management in Maine blueberries
Bees, Pesticides, Pollination at the University of Guelph
Four Bees on Blueberries at North Carolina
Blueberries and Carpenter Bees: Do they pollinate or don't they?
Wild Blueberries in New Brunswick
Rabbiteye selfing and crossing in Georgia
Brazil Nuts Pollinated by wild solitary and bumblebees
Buckwheat In Japan (with photos of pollinators)
Cabbage
Cacao Dipteran pollinator species Venezuala (in Spanish)
Young, A. M., B. J. Erickson & E. H. Erickson Jr., 1989. Pollination biology of Theobroma and herrania (Sterculiaceae). III. Steam-distilled floral oils of Theobroma species as attractants to flying insects in a Costa Rican cocoa plantation. Insect science and its application 10(1): 93-98.
Cactus -a study of solitary bees that pollinate several cactus species in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona
Canola (oilseed rape) GMO trait transfer by pollination to non-GMO canola
Canteloupe Vine Crop Pollination in Florida Canteloupes in NC
Carrot
Cashew
Cherimoya Hand Pollination AU More on Hand Pollination from NZ
Cherry Cherry Variety Recommendations/Pollenizers from Penn State Cherry Pollenizers from Oregon State
Chokecherry production in Manitoba
Citrus Pollination in Florida Backyard Citrus in CA includes pollination info
Mandarin Pollenizer Planting Plans Gallery of Citrus Pollination Pictures Citrus Pollenizers
Coconut
Corn Pollination and Drought Stress Photos of corn flowers
Evaluate corn pollination Avoid cross pollination between GMO and non-GMO
Pollen Dispersal in Maize
Cotton USDA Research Abstract McGregor on cotton pollination
Waller, G. D. 1982. Hybrid cotton pollination. American Bee Journal 122: 555-560.
Waller, G. D., A. N. Mamood & G. DeGarandi-Hoffman, 1987. Recent research in pollination of male-sterile cotton. American Bee Journal 127(12): 852-853.
Waller, G. D., J. O. Moffett, G. M. Loper & J. H. Martin, 1985. An evaluation of honey bee foraging activity and pollination efficacy for male-sterile cotton. Crop Sci. 25. [Incomplete].
Waller, G. D., P. F. Torchio & L. S. Stith, 1979. A comparison of Apis mellifera and Osmia fulviventris as pollinators of caged cotton in Arizona. Md. Agric. Exp. Stn. Spec. Misc. Publ. 1: 299-305.
Cranberry Pollination in Oregon Cranberry Culture including pollination in New Jersey Wisconsin cranberry pollination with reared and wild bumblebees
Cucumber Pollination according to NCSU Also from NCSU Cucumber Flower Pics
Pollination Study at the University of Guelph
Dahlia hand pollination
Date palm: artificially pollinated
Feijoa (pineapple guava) Flower Pic
Fig Fig Pollenizer
Fir, Fraser controlled pollination
Ginko
Grape Muscadine Pollination Muscadine pollination by sweat bees Grape Flower and Young Fruit Photo
Hazelnut Pollenizers
Holly VA
Hops: Growing in the Home Garden
Kiwifruit OR More from OR Also Moving Bees from Kiwi to Alfalfa, in CA
Pollinisation Du Kiwi Biology
Lima Beans
Linseed
Lucerne (see also Alfalfa)
Luffa (gourds) Some beautiful photos by a new grower
Lupin
Macadamia
Mistletoe: Loss of Pollinators in New Zealand
Olive Benefits of cross pollination
Onion Waller, G. D., N. E. Gary, S. T. Chester Jr., M. S. Karim, J. H. Martin & B. E. Vaissiere, 1985. Honeybee colony populations and foraging rates on onion seed-fields in Arizona. Journal of Apicultural Research 24(4): 93-101.
Papaya
Passionfruit
Paw paw Dr. Pomper on Pollination His page at Kentucky State
Peach Pollination Biology
Pear d'Anjou in Washington
Waite, M. B. 1895. The pollination of pear flowers. U.S. Dept. Agr., Div. Veg. Path. Bul. 5: 1-86.
Peanut (This is interesting data from Australia. I have never seen a honeybee visit a peanut flower in South Carolina.)
Pecan
Pepper Pollenizers
Plum Plum Pollenizers in Georgia Also in New Zealand Japanese Plum Pollenizers
Pomegranite
Pumpkin Pollination in Illinois
Radish
Redwood pollen viability and hand pollination
Rubbertree: Hevea brasiliensis
Warmke, H. E. 1951. Studies on pollination of Hevea brasiliensis in Puerto Rico. Science 113: 646-648.
Warmke, H. E. 1952. Studies on natural pollination of Hevea brasiliensis in Brazil. Science 116: 474-475.
Safflower
Sentang (a timber tree, native to Maylasia, kin to Neem) Pollen and pollination of Azadirachta excelsa
Soybean Quick Pollination a Defense against Ergot
Squash & Pumpkin Squash Flower Pics
Strawberry greenhouse pollination with bumblebees
Sugar Beet
Sunflower With Leafcutter Bees Wild Sunflower Bees Sunflower Culture and Pollination in Manitoba Sunflower Pollination in Argentina Pollination with Leafcutter Bees
Tomato "Self pollinating," mythology among tomato growers Pictures and comments Bumblebee Pollination Study (greenhouse) at the University of Guelph Bumblebee Use In Japan With Hydroponic Tomatoes in Arizona
Greenhouse Pollination Guidelines for Bumblebees on Tomatoes
Pollinating Giant Tomatoes British Tomato Growers In Australia
Watermelon Vine Crop Pollination in Florida
Pollenizers and Pollinators for Seedless Ed Kee's course notes are the clearest explanation I've seen
In Australia: with abstracts of many important papers
Seedless Hybrids
Delaware has an excellent guide, especially for seedless
Dr. Caron updates McGregor