(a.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.
Example Sentences:
(1) Microfilariae of the dog heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, entomophilic nematodes, and metacestodes of the tapeworm Dipylidium caninum were also observed.
(2) Among crops dependent upon entomophilous cross-pollination, the sunflower has recently undergone extensive expansion due to hybrid variety selection.
(3) The product contained a mixture of entomophilous and anemophilous pollens to which the patient was skin test positive.
(4) So I think it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen now, and I would certainly – I mean, I am putting my money on it.” The entomophiles are not just putting their money where their mouths are – they’re putting their mouths where their money is.
(5) Levels of allergenicity based on skin test data, numbers of patients having immediate hypersensitivity and localities where airborne pollen grains have been identified are presented for each genus of entomophilous plants considered incitants of pollinosis.
(6) Study of nematocide effect of 48 species of entomophilic and entomophagous fungi from the class Fungi imperfecti against Panagrellus redivivus and Rhabditis oxycerca nematodes revealed a high frequency of fungi with nematocide effect.
(7) The potential of entomophilic digeneans as biological agents in the control of mosquitoes is discussed.
Pollinate
Definition:
(a.) Pollinose.
(v. t.) To apply pollen to (a stigma).
Example Sentences:
(1) In all seriousness, however: freedom of movement and cultural cross-pollination are crucial principles.
(2) It does seem a little shady to do this kind of field study - the very studies the companies say are the most important ones - and then not tell people what they find.” Prof Christian Krupke, at Purdue University in Indiana, said: “Bayer and Syngenta’s commitment to pollinator health should include publishing these data.
(3) However, our knowledge about them is incomplete as we are faced with an alarming lack of expertise and resources.” Bees play an essential role in sustaining ecosystems and pollinating crops and the IUCN is calling for urgent investment into new research on ways of reversing the decline.
(4) Kanamycin resistance was transmitted as a single dominant nuclear marker to the progeny of resistant plants after selfing or cross-pollination with the wild-type.
(5) Bee pollination of crops has been valued at $20bn in the US and $217bn worldwide.
(6) Many bumblebees and solitary bees have evolved to pollinate certain flowers.
(7) Eventually we'd like to see many of these robots work together similar to a colony of bees pollinating flowers.
(8) But research showing that they sicken or kill bees and other pollinators means neonics could soon lose their grip in North America.
(9) When Mutator plants are self-pollinated, the progeny double their Mu copy number in the first generation, but maintain a constant number of Mu sequences with subsequent self-pollinations.
(10) The EFSA report found the risk to honeybees from drifting pesticide dust was high when fipronil was used as a seed treatment for maize, but did not have the data to assess the risk from its use on sunflowers, or the risk via pollen and nectar, or the risk to other bees and pollinators.
(11) The loss of honeybees in many countries in the last decade has caused widespread concern because about three-quarters of the world's food crops require pollination.
(12) I have lived in the middle of the carnival route for 12 years now and going by my wholly unscientific observation, the carnival is one of the lovelier forms of cultural cross-pollination.
(13) The discovery that drones of the Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica) pollinate the oriental orchid (Cymbidium pumilum) is reported.
(14) As a result, annual global crop pollination by bees is estimated to be worth $170bn .
(15) Fluticasone propionate was compared with beclomethasone dipropionate for the treatment of allergic rhinitis in a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study during the mountain cedar (Juniperus ashei) pollination season in central Texas.
(16) Ever more scientific evidence shows just how dangerous these chemicals are to bees and other pollinators.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Activists protest against pesticides at Bayer headquarters in Athens, Greece, in April last year.
(17) The UK faces a food security catastrophe because of its very low numbers of honeybee colonies, which provide an essential service in pollinating many crops, scientists warned on Wednesday.
(18) As Notton points out, bees add to our range of pollinators, enhancing diversity in wild plants and benefiting the crops and fruit upon which we depend.
(19) An investigation of a large number of inbred lines, both experimental and commercial hybrids, together with open-pollinated varieties, showed the potential of the method.
(20) On the contrary, the asthmatic group obtained a good correlation between bound and free IgE after the pollen season, rather than within the pollinization period.