Without sufficient pollination, the growth of the corn is stunted.

没有充足的授粉，玉米的生长就会受阻。

Nevertheless, anecdotal reports of wind pollination in cycads cannot be ignored.

然而，一些关于苏铁风媒传粉的传闻也不容忽视。

Furthermore, the structure of most female cycad cones seems inconsistent with direct pollination by wind.

此外，大部分雌苏铁球果的结构似乎与风直接授粉不一致。

Bees are a critical part of the food chain because flowering plants depend on insects for pollination and the honeybee is the most effective.

蜜蜂是食物链的重要组成部分，因为开花植物的授粉依赖于昆虫，而蜜蜂是最有效的授粉昆虫。

Despite the importance of the honeybee, none of this is evidence of a wide-scale pollination crisis or a threat that is specific to pollinators.

尽管蜜蜂很重要，但这些都不是大规模授粉危机的证据，也不是授粉者特有的威胁。

Like animals that eat a certain plant and that plant relies on a certain fungus to help it get nutrients from soil and on a certain insect for pollination.

比如动物吃某种植物，而这种植物依靠某种真菌从土壤中获取营养，依靠某种昆虫来授粉。

Morren immediately began experimenting with hand pollination.

莫伦立即开始尝试人工授粉。

"Evolution of animal pollination." Science 326:808-809.

《虫媒传粉的演变》——科学326：808 - 809。

Working quietly behind the scenes, America’s wild bees help with pollination chores.

尽管在后台默默地工作着，美国的野蜂却在帮助做授粉的烦琐工作。

Crops such as almonds, peaches, avocados and apricots are totally reliant upon bee pollination.

诸如巴坦杏、桃、鳄梨和杏子这样的农作物完全依赖蜜蜂授粉。

If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn.

如果我邻居种植的是次等玉米，交叉授粉将会逐渐降低我的玉米的品质。

"The evolution of wind pollination in angiosperms." Trends in Ecology and evolution 17:361-369.

《被子植物的风媒进化》——生态学及进化论趋势17：361 - 369。

For Darwin's skepticism about the efficiency of wind pollination, see chapter 10 of Darwin, C. 1876.

有关达尔文对风媒传粉效率的持疑，见darwin, C . 1876。

This is called active cross-pollination and it is critical for long-term success as a venture investor.

我们称之为主动交叉授粉，它对于一个风险投资人的长期成功至关重要。

Some pollination services reported losses of anywhere from thirty to ninety percent of their hives.

一些授粉服务商报告，到处都有蜂巢消失，消失的蜂巢占30-90%。

People like me, working on both sides of the fence, strongly believe in the virtues of cross-pollination.

和我一样在两端同时工作的人，都深信“异花授粉”的好处。

Peer reviews also improved overall team capability through cross-pollination of skills and approaches.

同级评审也通过技能和方法的交叉传授改进了整个团队的能力。

In recent years, Bromenshenk has received a significant research grant from Bayer to study bee pollination.

在近几年中，Bromenshenk博士获得了一项经由拜尔公司获准的研究，对蜜蜂授粉进行探讨。

These ongoing losses in the pollination army of honeybees cannot continue if we are to secure food supplies.

如果我们能确保粮食供应正常，那么这群蜜蜂授粉大队持续损失将不会在继续了。

The new research provides early evidence that climate change may be playing a role in driving down pollination.

这项新的研究提供了初步证据，气候变化可能是促使授粉减少的一个因素。

He found a progressive decline in pollination over the years which was most pronounced early in the flowering season.

他发现这些年来开花授粉逐步下降，尤其是在开花季节早期最为明显。

Reports of declining populations of bees and other flower-visiting creatures have raised concerns about pollination levels.

报告说，蜜蜂和其他采花生物种群不断减少，这已引起人们对授粉水平的关注。

Manyvital crops are dependent on pollination by honeybees, but latestfigures show a third failed to survive the winter in the U.S.

许多重要的农作物都依赖蜜蜂授粉，但最新的数据显示美国三分之一的蜜蜂没能熬过冬天。