Use of straw bee (Scaptotrigona sp. nov.) At the pollination of melon (Cucumis melo L.) in greenhouse
| Autor: | Bezerra, Antônio Diego de Melo |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Freitas, Breno Magalhães |
| Jazyk: | portugalština |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) instacron:UFC |
| Popis: | Bees are the main pollinators in agricultural crops. In the case of melon lack of these agents may result in a decrease in production over 90%. In crops protected the introduction of bees is replacing the manpower used in manual pollination. The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using the straw bee (Scaptotrigona sp. new) At the pollination of melon var. Natal in a protected environment. Therefore, the melon floral biology, applications pollination of culture, behavior, foraging and efficiency of bees Scaptotrigona sp. new pollination in the greenhouse. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse located in postharvest, in Fortaleza - CE. The variety is studied andromonoecious with anthesis of flowers between 6:00 am and 6:30 am and closing at around 20:00 h. During the melon flowering period, the male flower open first and by the seventh day starts flowering hermaphrodite form. After this period both floral shapes remains constantly overlapped by the end of the flowering period, where there is a reduction of the male flowers and the sequence of the female. Morphometry showed that the hermaphrodite flowers (hf) are significantly larger in diameter than the male flowers (mf) (hf = 44.17 ± 5.77, 39.29 ± mf = 2.38, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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