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PEAR AND PLUM POLLINATION: HONEY BEES, BUMBLE BEES OF BOTH?
Article number
423_10
Pages
83 – 90
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Abstract
Insect controlled pollination experiments were performed on self-incompatible pear and plum trees growing in the open field in Italy.
Fruit set, fruit quality, and fruit yield over several years were remarkably favoured and discard lowered in pear pollinated by honey bees, and even more so when the latter were fed with suitable pollen.
Honey bees or, separately, bumble bees acted equally well as plum pollinators.
It is suggested that their combined activity may considerably improve plum fruit set.
Fruit set, fruit quality, and fruit yield over several years were remarkably favoured and discard lowered in pear pollinated by honey bees, and even more so when the latter were fed with suitable pollen.
Honey bees or, separately, bumble bees acted equally well as plum pollinators.
It is suggested that their combined activity may considerably improve plum fruit set.
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Authors
G.L. Calzoni, A. Speranza
Keywords
Apis mellifera L., Bombus terrestris L., Pyrus communis L., Prunus salicina Lindley
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