Relationships of pollinator numbers in blueberry fields to fruit development and yields.

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 446, Issue , 1997, Pages 181-188

  Eaton, Leonard J ^a   Murray, John E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fruit set; Honeybees; Vaccinium angustfolium

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 0009659655     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.446.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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