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Projects:

• Honeybee pollination for improving sunflower oil production and livelihoods in Singida, Tanzania – funded by UDSM

Publications:

• Guo, B., Tang, J., Ding, G., Mashilingi, K.S., Huang, J., An, J., 2023.  Gut microbiota is a potential factor in shaping phenotypic variation in larvae and adults of female bumble bees. Frontier in Microbiology, 14, 1117077. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1117077

• Mashilingi, S.K., Zhang. H*., Garibaldi, L.A., An, J*., 2022. Honeybees are far too insufficient to supply optimum pollination services in agricultural systems worldwide. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 335, 108003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108003

• Zhang, H., Han, C., Breeze, T.D., Li, M., Mashilingi, S.K., Hua. J., Zhang, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, S., An, J*., 2022. Bumblebee pollination enhances yield and flavor of tomato in Gobi Desert greenhouses. Agriculture, 12(6), 795. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12060795

• Mashilingi, S.K#., Zhang, H#., Chen, W., Vaissière, B.E., Garibaldi, L.A., An, J*., 2021. Temporal trends in pollination deficits and its potential impacts on Chinese agriculture. Journal of Economic Entomology, 114 (4), 1431–1440. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab100

Zhao, H., Mashilingi, S.K., Liu, Y*., An, J*., 2021.  Factors influencing the reproductive ability of male bees: Current knowledge and further directions. Insects,  12, 529. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12060529