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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Meanwhile, the recent high prices for pollination contracts made it look worthwhile fattening bees up with supplements over the winter.
同时，由于近期授粉合同价格的居高不下，使得在冬天为蜜蜂补充食物变得划算起来。
Climate change may be preventing bees from carrying out the vital job of pollination by upsetting their life cycles, a study has shown.
一项研究显示，气候变化可能会打乱蜜蜂的生命周期，使其无法完成重要的授粉工作。
Because the research was done on plants, some skeptical of the findings thought it came from cross-pollination even though the plants self-pollinate.
由于研究对象是植物，有人怀疑这是交叉传粉的结果(即便这些植物是自花传粉)。
“A probable pollination mode before angiosperms: Eurasian long-proboscid scorpionflies.” Science 326: 840-847 and Ollerton, J. and Coulthard, E. 2009.
《有关被子植物之前的授粉方式的推断：欧亚长吻蝎蛉》——科学 326: 840-847及Ollerton,J.和Coulthard, E. 2009.
By offering fly-through hospitality, the trees win the prize of a brush with a pollen-covered bee and the chance of cross-pollination with another tree.
杏树为蜜蜂提供了丰盛的食物和落脚休息之地，其回报是浑身沾满花粉的蜜蜂与花朵的亲密接触，因而得到与其他杏树异株授粉的机会。
By offering fly-through hospitality, the trees win the prize of a brush with a pollen-covered bee and the chance of cross-pollination with another tree.
杏树为蜜蜂提供了丰盛的食物和落脚休息之地，其回报是浑身沾满花粉的蜜蜂与花朵的亲密接触，因而得到与其他杏树异株授粉的机会。
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