Bumble bee (Bombus haemorrhoidalis Smith) - a potential pollinator in bell pepper under protected cultivation

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2022-10-13

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https://doi.org/10.5958/0974-0112.2021.00007.4

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B. haemorrhoidalis, Bell pepper, pollination, field, protected cultivation.
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Vol. 78 No. 01 (2021): Indian Journal of Horticulture

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Authors

  • Shabnam Thakur Division of Floriculture and Landscaping, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
  • Harish Kumar Sharma Department of Entomology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni
  • Kiran Rana Department of Entomology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni
  • Meena Thakur Department of Entomology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni
  • Manish Kumar Sharma Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni
  • Rohit Kumar Nayak Department of Entomology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni

Abstract

The laboratory reared bumble bee (B. haemorrhoidalis Smith) queens used for pollination resulted in increase in number of fruits per plant (3.77%), fruit weight (24.60%), fruit length (13.51%), fruit breadth (21.52%), healthy fruits (23.84%), seed number (113.64%), 1000 seed weight (g) (5.44%) and fruit yield per (89.42%) in bell pepper over control suggesting that bumble bee pollination is effective in improving bell pepper fruit yield and quality.

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Thakur, S., Sharma, H. K., Rana, . K., Thakur, M., Sharma, M. K., & Nayak, R. K. (2022). Bumble bee (Bombus haemorrhoidalis Smith) - a potential pollinator in bell pepper under protected cultivation. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 78(01), 84–87. https://doi.org/10.5958/0974-0112.2021.00007.4

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