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Folks- for those of you who don’t have access to John Free’s exhaustive
review of research into insect pollination of crops (and I mean ALL
crops!), you can now read it on-line thanks to the persistent efforts of
Barbara Herren at the UN FAO in Rome. You will be amazed by the
wealth of detail, scope of literature and geographic coverage, and depth
of chronological detail, all organized by the family, genus and species
of crop plant (so for instance, Rosaceae: Prunus).<br><br>
To view it, go to:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.internationalpollinatorsinitiative.org/">
http://www.internationalpollinatorsinitiative.org/</a><br><br>
then click on:<br><br>
“ Pollination Information Management System (PIMS)” ( bar in upper right
region of your screen)<br><br>
then <br><br>
<a href="http://www.internationalpollinatorsinitiative.org/jsp/manage/manage.jsp">
What is the current understanding of managing the pollination of a
particular crop?</a><br><br>
With this resource in hand, you can build on the studies that
precede you and see where new research is needed. It is a pity that
John Free himself is no longer alive to see his book made available
electronically for free to the world.<br><br>
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Yours,<br><br>
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jim<br><br>
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James H. Cane<br><br>
USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Lab<br><br>
Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322 USA <br><br>
tel: 435-797-3879 FAX: 435-797-0461<br><br>
email: Jim.Cane@ars.usda.gov <br><br>
web pages:
<a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/npa/beelab"><u>
www.ars.usda.gov/npa/beelab</a><br><br>
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<a href="http://www.biology.usu.edu/people/facultyinfo.asp?username=jcane" eudora="autourl">
http://www.biology.usu.edu/people/facultyinfo.asp?username=jcane<br>
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