Organic farming improves pollination success in strawberries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Andersson, Georg K S ^a   Rundlöf, Maj ^a,b   Smith, Henrik G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS POLLINATION; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; HARVEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; POLLINATION; POLLINATION SUCCESS; STRAWBERRY; ANIMAL; FRAGARIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; FRAGARIA; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; POLLINATION;

EID: 84857099448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031599     Document Type: Article

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