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Chauhan, Avinash
- Stingless Bee Tetragonula iridipennis and Honey Bee Apis cerana Pollination in Cucumber
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1 Department of Entomology, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development Nagaland University, Medziphema 797106, Nagaland, IN
1 Department of Entomology, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development Nagaland University, Medziphema 797106, Nagaland, IN
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Indian Journal of Entomology, Vol 84, No 3 (2022), Pagination: 546-550Abstract
Pollination in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) was studied using stingless bees, Tetragonula iridipennis Smith and honey bee, Apis cerana F. Data on the resource partitioning revealed the foraging activity of pollinators. Pollination efficiency index was observed to be maximum with A. cerana (24) followed by T. iridipennis (14), and significantly maximum fruit set (81.66 and 78.97%) was obtained with their pollination. An increase of 87.48% in fruit set, 46.47% in healthy fruits and 275.23% in seed numbers was noticed, with longer (17.85 and 17.22 cm) and heavier (0.415 and 0.411 kg) fruits in the A. cerana and T. iridipennis pollinated plots. Maximum number of healthy fruits was achieved with bee pollination as compared to open pollination and control, and A. cerana showed more mortality as compared to T. iridipennis.Keywords
Tetragonula iridipennis, Apis cerana, cucumber, pollination index, pollination impact, fruit set, fruit size, healthy fruits, seed number, seed weightFull Text
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- Impact of Bee Pollination in Brinjal
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1 Department of Entomology, School of Agricultural Science and Rural Development, Nagaland University, Medziphema 797106, Nagaland, IN
1 Department of Entomology, School of Agricultural Science and Rural Development, Nagaland University, Medziphema 797106, Nagaland, IN
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Indian Journal of Entomology, Vol 84, No 3 (2022), Pagination: 687-689Abstract
Impact of bee pollination on brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) under protected condition was assessed with five pollination treatments viz., Apis mellifera L., Apis cerana F., Tetragonula iridipennis S., open pollination and control (pollinator exclusion). Comparative foraging activity and pollination efficiency index of the pollinators was recorded along with fruit production and quality parameters (fruit yield, length, diameter and weight, seed number and weight). Data revealed maximum pollination efficiency index (21) for A. cerana. The weight of fruit (96.30 g), diameter (56.54 cm), healthy fruits (53.89 %) observed with A. cerana was maximum. However, fruit length (15.10 cm), fruit yield (48.33 %) and seed weight (5.79 g) were found at par in all the pollination treatments. Significantly least crooked fruits (13.73%) were obtained when A. cerana was used, along with many folds increase in fruit set (26.69 %) and quality.Keywords
Pollination, Apis mellifera, Apis cerana, Tetragonula iridipennis, Solanum melongena, pollination index, protected condition, yield and quality, fruit weight, length and shapeFull Text
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