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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| author | 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 |
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| description | 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 floral visits (i.e. 1 to 5) on physical and biochemical properties of tomato was studied on tomato variety ‘Grande’ grown on an area of 500 m2. The self-pollination and hand vibration treatments were maintained for the comparison. The foraging behavior in terms of colony traffic, stay time and visitation rate was also studied. The maximum average outgoing bumblebees (7.38 individuals) were recorded at 10:00 while the maximum average incoming (6.75) were recorded at 2:00 pm. The three visits of bumblebees on a single flower resulted in the maximum improvement in physical (higher fruit length, fruit weight, fruit weight, number of seeds per fruit, weight of 100 seeds) and biochemical properties (vitamin C, shelf life) as compared to hand vibration and self-pollination treatments. There was no improvement in physical and biochemical properties in fourth or fifth visit. Bumble bee pollinated fruits had low TSS, pH and postharvest weight loss than that of self-pollinated and hand vibrated treatments. Therefore, three visits of bumblebees per flower are enough to get the optimum production of tomato under greenhouse conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f5783e37dfd742a4918736afba121ea22022-12-21T18:12:59ZengElsevierJournal of King Saud University: Science1018-36472022-01-01341101744Foraging behavior and visit optimization of bumblebees for the pollination of greenhouse tomatoesSu Zameer0M. Ali1A. Sajjad2S. Saeed3A. Matloob4Muhammad Amjad Bashir5Reem A. Alajmi6Billy M. Hargis7Mohamed Hashem8Saad Alamri9Sagheer Atta10Department of Entomology, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture Multan, PakistanDepartment of Entomology, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture Multan, Pakistan; Corresponding author at: Department of Entomology, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture Multan, Pakistan.Department of Entomology, University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, PakistanDepartment of Entomology, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture Multan, PakistanDepartment of Agronomy, MNS-University of Agriculture Multan, PakistanDepartment of Plant Protection Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan Punjab, PakistanDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USAKing Khalid University, College of Science, Department of Biology, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia; Assiut University, Faculty of Science, Botany and Microbiology Department, Assiut 71516, EgyptKing Khalid University, College of Science, Department of Biology, Abha 61413, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Plant Protection Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan Punjab, PakistanThe 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 floral visits (i.e. 1 to 5) on physical and biochemical properties of tomato was studied on tomato variety ‘Grande’ grown on an area of 500 m2. The self-pollination and hand vibration treatments were maintained for the comparison. The foraging behavior in terms of colony traffic, stay time and visitation rate was also studied. The maximum average outgoing bumblebees (7.38 individuals) were recorded at 10:00 while the maximum average incoming (6.75) were recorded at 2:00 pm. The three visits of bumblebees on a single flower resulted in the maximum improvement in physical (higher fruit length, fruit weight, fruit weight, number of seeds per fruit, weight of 100 seeds) and biochemical properties (vitamin C, shelf life) as compared to hand vibration and self-pollination treatments. There was no improvement in physical and biochemical properties in fourth or fifth visit. Bumble bee pollinated fruits had low TSS, pH and postharvest weight loss than that of self-pollinated and hand vibrated treatments. Therefore, three visits of bumblebees per flower are enough to get the optimum production of tomato under greenhouse conditions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364721004067Colony trafficStay timeVisitation ratePhysical and biochemical propertiesHand vibrationSelf-pollination |
| spellingShingle | 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 Foraging behavior and visit optimization of bumblebees for the pollination of greenhouse tomatoes Journal of King Saud University: Science Colony traffic Stay time Visitation rate Physical and biochemical properties Hand vibration Self-pollination |
| title | Foraging behavior and visit optimization of bumblebees for the pollination of greenhouse tomatoes |
| title_full | Foraging behavior and visit optimization of bumblebees for the pollination of greenhouse tomatoes |
| title_fullStr | Foraging behavior and visit optimization of bumblebees for the pollination of greenhouse tomatoes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foraging behavior and visit optimization of bumblebees for the pollination of greenhouse tomatoes |
| title_short | Foraging behavior and visit optimization of bumblebees for the pollination of greenhouse tomatoes |
| title_sort | foraging behavior and visit optimization of bumblebees for the pollination of greenhouse tomatoes |
| topic | Colony traffic Stay time Visitation rate Physical and biochemical properties Hand vibration Self-pollination |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364721004067 |
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