Foraging behavior and visit optimization of bumblebees for the pollination of greenhouse tomatoes

Foraging behavior and visit optimization of bumblebees for the pollination of greenhouse tomatoes

The tomatoes grown under greenhouse conditions require supplemental bee pollination for the better fruit set. The present study was conducted to evaluate the optimized role of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris L.) for tomato pollination under greenhouse conditions. The impact of increasing number of flo...

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Main Authors: Su Zameer, M. Ali, A. Sajjad, S. Saeed, A. Matloob, Muhammad Amjad Bashir, Reem A. Alajmi, Billy M. Hargis, Mohamed Hashem, Saad Alamri, Sagheer Atta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
Subjects:
Colony traffic
Stay time
Visitation rate
Physical and biochemical properties
Hand vibration
Self-pollination
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364721004067

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