Evaluation of the Neotropical stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) as pollinator of greenhouse tomatoes

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 260-266

  Del Sarto, M C L ^a   Peruquetti, R C ^a   Campos, L A O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Greenhouse pollination; Lycopersicon; Protected cultivation; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 17844370816     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/98.2.260     Document Type: Article

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