- Crop
- Avocado
- Metric
- Fruit set and fruit retention
- Journal / year
- Basic and Applied Ecology · 2021
What was evaluated
The study evaluated smallholder avocado systems in Kenya, comparing self-pollination, insect pollination, hand pollination and colony-supplementation treatments.
Comparator and study design
Treatments with different levels of pollinator access were compared and fruit retention was followed in smallholder farms.
Method and metric
The research measured fruit set and retention under treatments that changed pollinator access and included colony supplementation.
What this result shows in the study context.
This evidence addresses pollination deficit and fruit set. It answers a different question from AgroBee’s 18% higher fruit-weight claim.
The work was conducted in Kenya in smallholder systems; cultivar, climate, landscape and management remain part of local assessment.
AgroBee connects evidence to the actual area: crop, flowering window, logistics, management and the metric defined for follow-up.
Pollinator supplementation mitigates pollination deficits in smallholder avocado (Persea americana Mill.) production systems in Kenya
Basic and Applied Ecology, 2021.
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2021.08.013
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