BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
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  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 4c

Effect of number of honey bee visits on yield of sesamum

  • Author:
  • V. V. Pashte, A. N. Shylesha
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 1591 to 1592

*National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, Bangalore-24

Department of Entomology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapith, Rahuri, Dist- Ahmednagar, State- Maharashtra, India

Online published on 19 December, 2013.

Abstract

The yield parameters of sesamum crop increased significantly, when bee visit increased.Significantly higher capsule set, number of seeds per capsule, test weight, germination percentage, shoot length, root length, seedling length, vigor index were recorded, when the number of bee visits were maximum i.e. six bee visits per flower compared to untreated check.

Keywords

Sesamum indicum, Honey Bee, Pollination, Yield parameters, Bee visits