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Relative abundance of insect visitors on flowers of major subtropical fruits in Himachal Pradesh and their effect on fruit set

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Title Relative abundance of insect visitors on flowers of major subtropical fruits in Himachal Pradesh and their effect on fruit set
 
Creator Bhatia, Ranjeet
Gupta, Divender
Chandel, J S
Sharma, N K
 
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Description An experiment was conducted during 1992 und 1993 to study relative abundance of insect visitors on flowers ' Dashehari' mango (Magnifera Indica L.), 'Dehradun' litchi (Litchi chinensis Son.,) and citrus (Citrus spp.), and their effect on fruit set. Out of 34 insect species recorded on the flowers of loose-skinned mandarin or santara (Citrus reticulata Blanco), malta (C. sinensis (L.) Osbeck), kinnow mandarin (C. nobilis lour. x C. deliciosa Tenore), mango and litchi, 15 belonged to Diptera, 13 to Hymenoptera, 4 to Coleoptera and 1 each to Ledipotera and Hemiptera. Of these insect species, italian honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) was the main pollinator in Citrus spp., little-bee (A. florea L.) and hover-fl; (Episyrphus 1betreatus Deg.) on litchi and flies belonging 10 family Calliphoridae (order Diptera) on mango, Mango proved to be highly cross-pollinated crop with maximum increase (infinite) in fruit set (%), followed by malta ( 193.47) and litchi (148.12) with pollinators.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2012-06-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/19174
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 65, No 12 (1995)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/19174/9514
 
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