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climatic change. The “insurance” provided by a diversity of pollinators
ensures that there are effective pollinators not just for current conditions,
but for future conditions as well. Resilience can be in agro-ecosystems
through biodiversity. Pollination management practices can also be under-
taken to built respond to climate change.
TABLE 20.1
Important Non-
Apis
Bee Pollinators of Some Vegetable Crops in India
Crop/ Plant
Family
Bee species
Pea
Leguminosae
Xylosandrus fenestrate, X. pubescens,
Megachile lanata,
Braunsapis
spp,
Sweet potato
Convolvulaceae
X. fenestrate, B. albopleurali, Bombus asi-
aticus
Egg plant
Solanaceae
B. asiaticus, X. fenestrate, Nomia caliphora
Pithitis
spp
Onion
Liliaceae
X. fenestrate, Lasioglossum
spp,
Nomioides
spp,
Field mustard
Cruciferae
Nomioides, Megachilids, Andrenids, Hal-
ictids
Cabbage & Cauliflower
Cruciferae
Andrena ilerda, Lassioglossum
spp
Raddish
Cruciferae
Anthophora
spp,
Nomia
spp,
Lassioglos-
sum
spp,
Pumpkin & squashes
Cucurbitaceae
X. fenestrate, X. pubescens, Halictus
spp,
Nomioides
spp
Cucumbers
Cucurbitaceae
Nomia
spp,
Lassioglossum
spp
Coriander
Umbelliferae
Nomioides
spp, Halictidae,
X. fenestrate
Carrot
Umbelliferae
Lassioglossum
spp,
Pithitis smaragdula
Source:
Thakur and Soni (2012).
20.5.4 ECONOMIC VALUE OF CROP POLLINATION
Information on visitation frequency and subsequent seed set is valuable
when categorising crops according to their degree of dependence on crop
