Unraveling pesticide impacts on pollinators: a global challenge for sustainable crop protection

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agronomy, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Centre for Water and Geospatial Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. senthilkumar.g@tnau.ac.in.
³ Department of Crop Physiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁴ Department of Nematology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁵ Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁶ Center for Agricultural Nano Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Review

G Srivani et al. Naturwissenschaften. 2026.

. 2026 Mar 25;113(2):38.

doi: 10.1007/s00114-026-02086-3.

¹ Department of Agronomy, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Centre for Water and Geospatial Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. senthilkumar.g@tnau.ac.in.
³ Department of Crop Physiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁴ Department of Nematology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁵ Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁶ Center for Agricultural Nano Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Keywords: Crop yield; Habitat enhancement; IPPM; Pesticides; Pollinators; Toxicity.

Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Ethics approval: Not applicable Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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