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De acordo com os resultados, os principais polinizadores na regi\u00e3o semi\u00e1rida do Nordeste brasileiro foram\u00a0<em>Apis mellifera<\/em>\u00a0e\u00a0<em>Trigona spinipes<\/em>. A atividade destas abelhas influenciou positivamente a frutifica\u00e7\u00e3o, o peso e a qualidade, ao mesmo tempo que aumentou o potencial antioxidante dos frutos. O estudo fornece mais provas do papel crucial que as abelhas desempenham na poliniza\u00e7\u00e3o das culturas e na produtividade agr\u00edcola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Ler o artigo cient\u00edfico <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11829-025-10211-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Um estudo recente realizado no Brasil e publicado na revista\u00a0Arthropod-Plant Interactions\u00a0destaca a import\u00e2ncia das abelhas na poliniza\u00e7\u00e3o de ab\u00f3boras, especialmente da esp\u00e9cie\u00a0Cucurbita moschata. De acordo com os resultados, as principais polinizadoras na regi\u00e3o semi\u00e1rida do Nordeste brasileiro foram\u00a0Apis mellifera\u00a0e\u00a0Trigona spinipes. A atividade destas abelhas influenciou positivamente a frutifica\u00e7\u00e3o, o peso e a qualidade dos frutos, ao mesmo tempo que aumentou o potencial antioxidante das ab\u00f3boras. O estudo fornece novas evid\u00eancias do papel crucial que as abelhas desempenham na poliniza\u00e7\u00e3o das culturas e na produtividade agr\u00edcola.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A recent study conducted in Brazil and published in Arthropod-Plant Interactions highlights the importance of bees in the pollination of pumpkin plants, especially the species Cucurbita moschata. According to the results, the main pollinators in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil were Apis mellifera and Trigona spinipes. 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