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Insect Pollinators of Sweet Orange and Their Attributes Singh A. K. AICRP (Honey Bees & Pollinators), School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development, Nagaland University, Medziphema797 106, Nagaland *E-mail: dr.akhileshento@rediffmail.com
Online published on 15 March, 2016. Abstract Diverse group of pollinators of Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Coleoptera visit the sweet orange flowers. Of these twelve major true insect pollinators were observed during blooming stage; out of these nine belong to Hymenoptera. The highest foraging speed was observed with Tetragonulairidipennis, highest time serve/day for pollination by Nomia sp., and minimum transit time spent to locate the suitable flower and highest number of loose pollen carried on the body part by Xylocopatenuiscopa. Top Keywords Sweet orange, insect pollinators, foraging speed, flower to flower transit time, loose pollen. Top | |
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