Role of ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination in yield contributing traits of mustard
The experiment was conducted at the research farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 during the period from November 2016 to February 2017. The experiment consisted of three different ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination of mustard flowers viz., T1= Open field (Control)...
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| author | Md. Iqbal Hossain Md. Mizanur Rahman Mohammed Sakhawat Hossain Rajesh Chakraborty Ruhul Amin |
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| description | The experiment was conducted at the research farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 during the period from November 2016 to February 2017. The experiment consisted of three different ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination of mustard flowers viz., T1= Open field (Control), i.e., the mustard field was fully open for free movement by the insect pollinators, T2= Netting with honey bee, i.e., the mustard plots was caged with muslin net and the bee hive was placed inside the cage and T3= Netting without honey bee, i.e., the mustard plots was caged with muslin net but the bee hive was not placed inside the cage. BARI Sharisha-8 [Brassica juncea (L.) Czernajew] was used as planting material. Randomized Complete Block Design was selected to lay out the present experiment with 7 replicates. Study showed that, honey bee was the most abundant hymenopterans in the mustard field as a pollinator. The yield and yield contributing traits were significantly influenced by different ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination. The maximum (3.50 g) 1000-seed weight was recorded from treatment T2 followed by T3 and the lowest 1000- seed weight (2.68 g) was recorded from T3. The highest seed yield (2.45 t ha-1) was exhibited from treatment T2 followed by T1 whereas the lowest seed yield (1.67 t ha-1) was recorded from T3. Finally, it can be concluded that providing honey bee colonies to the flowering mustard field can substantially contribute to the yield. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-665f3587a87c4da2ad24a53eff2e5fa42022-12-22T00:58:51ZengPAGEPress PublicationsJournal of Biological Research1826-88382284-02302018-10-0191210.4081/jbr.2018.6982Role of ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination in yield contributing traits of mustardMd. Iqbal Hossain0Md. Mizanur Rahman1Mohammed Sakhawat Hossain2Rajesh Chakraborty3Ruhul Amin4Department of Entomology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, DhakaDepartment of Entomology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, DhakaDepartment of Entomology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, DhakaDepartment of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, DhakaDepartment of Entomology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, DhakaThe experiment was conducted at the research farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 during the period from November 2016 to February 2017. The experiment consisted of three different ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination of mustard flowers viz., T1= Open field (Control), i.e., the mustard field was fully open for free movement by the insect pollinators, T2= Netting with honey bee, i.e., the mustard plots was caged with muslin net and the bee hive was placed inside the cage and T3= Netting without honey bee, i.e., the mustard plots was caged with muslin net but the bee hive was not placed inside the cage. BARI Sharisha-8 [Brassica juncea (L.) Czernajew] was used as planting material. Randomized Complete Block Design was selected to lay out the present experiment with 7 replicates. Study showed that, honey bee was the most abundant hymenopterans in the mustard field as a pollinator. The yield and yield contributing traits were significantly influenced by different ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination. The maximum (3.50 g) 1000-seed weight was recorded from treatment T2 followed by T3 and the lowest 1000- seed weight (2.68 g) was recorded from T3. The highest seed yield (2.45 t ha-1) was exhibited from treatment T2 followed by T1 whereas the lowest seed yield (1.67 t ha-1) was recorded from T3. Finally, it can be concluded that providing honey bee colonies to the flowering mustard field can substantially contribute to the yield.https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/jbr/article/view/6982MustardHoneybeeSeed weightSeed yieldMuslin netting. |
| spellingShingle | Md. Iqbal Hossain Md. Mizanur Rahman Mohammed Sakhawat Hossain Rajesh Chakraborty Ruhul Amin Role of ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination in yield contributing traits of mustard Journal of Biological Research Mustard Honeybee Seed weight Seed yield Muslin netting. |
| title | Role of ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination in yield contributing traits of mustard |
| title_full | Role of ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination in yield contributing traits of mustard |
| title_fullStr | Role of ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination in yield contributing traits of mustard |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role of ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination in yield contributing traits of mustard |
| title_short | Role of ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination in yield contributing traits of mustard |
| title_sort | role of ways of insect visitors foraging for pollination in yield contributing traits of mustard |
| topic | Mustard Honeybee Seed weight Seed yield Muslin netting. |
| url | https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/jbr/article/view/6982 |
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