Flower visitors and fruitset of Anacardium occidentale

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 385-392

  Bhattacharya, Ashoke ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ants; Breeding manipulation; Cashew; Pollen damage; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 12244257780     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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