Pollination efficiency of the stingless bee Melipona subnitida on greenhouse sweet pepper

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira

Darci De Oliveira Cruz¹  Breno Magalhães Freitas¹  Luis Antônio Da Silva¹  Eva Mônica Sarmento Da Silva¹  Isac Gabriel Abrahão Bomfim¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Ceará Dep. de Zootecnia

关键词: meliponin;    caged environment;    sweet pepper flower;    meliponineos;    cultivo protegido;    flor de pimentão;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-204X2005001200006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The present study was carried out in Northeastern Region of Brazil, in order to investigate the use of stingless bee Melipona subnitida Ducke in the pollination of greenhouse sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). Treatments of hand cross-pollination, hand self-pollination, pollination by bees and restricted pollination were performed. Results showed that despite sweet pepper flowers are considered autogamous, this crop benefits from pollination by M. subnitida, producing fruits significantly heavier and wider, containing a greater number of seeds and of better quality (lower percentage of malformed fruits) than self-pollinated sweet pepper. Thus, M. subnitida can be considered an efficient pollinator of greenhouse sweet pepper.

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