Floral biology and bees pollination by bees in siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum Urb)
This research was carried out to evaluate the pollination in siratro studying the anthesis period, pollen grain viability and seed production. Two treatments were used, one covered and another uncovered. The anthesis period was 2.48 days and 3.56 days (p = 0.0001) and the production was 8.62 and 11....
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2008 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) |
| Repositório: | Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences (Online) |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/2330 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAnimSci/article/view/2330 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | polinização abelhas siratro Macroptilium atropurpureum leguminosa forrageira 5.04.00.00-2 Zootecnia |
| Resumo: | This research was carried out to evaluate the pollination in siratro studying the anthesis period, pollen grain viability and seed production. Two treatments were used, one covered and another uncovered. The anthesis period was 2.48 days and 3.56 days (p = 0.0001) and the production was 8.62 and 11.15 seeds (p = 0.0023), in covered and uncovered treatments, respectively. The stigma receptivity test showed that 91.95% of opened flowers were receptive. Pollen grains viability was 100%. In Brazil, there are six families of bees and we have found five of them in Maringá region visiting the flowers of this plant: Apidae (56%), Megachilidae (12%), Halictidae (16%), Andrenidae (12%) and Anthophoridae (4%). Results showed that the flowers of siratro are important as pollen and nectar source for bees which contribute to its pollination. |
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