Blueberry pollination in southern Brazil and their influence on fruit quality

Autor: Tiago Madruga Telesca da Silveira, Maria do Carmo Bassols Raseira, Dori Edson Nava, Marcelo Couto
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, Vol 33, Iss 1, Pp 081-088 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1806-9967
Popis: Blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) is a relatively new crop in cultivation under Southern Brazil conditions. The first collection introduced in the area was formed by rabbiteye cultivars which need insect pollinators and also pollinizers. The aim of this work was to observe if there were differences between pollinizers on fruit quality of the commercial cultivar and also to observe the most effective and frequent insect pollinators, under natural conditions. It was concluded that pollen source has an effect on quality of blueberry fruits. Bumblebees are the most efficient pollinators; however the species found in southern Brazil are different from the ones mentioned in the U.S. literature.
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