Being Near Pollinator Habitat Linked to Larger Soybean Size
Published:03 Mar.2022 Source:North Carolina State University
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that soybean crops planted near pollinator habitat produce larger soybeans than soybean crops that are not planted near pollinator habitat.
"Even though soybeans are not thought of as being dependent on pollinators, we found that soybean plants are still attractive to bees," says Hannah Levenson, a postdoctoral research scholar at NC State and corresponding author of a paper on the work. "And we found that the presence of pollinators was associated with larger soybeans.