Mixed mating strategies and pollination by insects and wind in coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L. (Arecaceae)): Importance in production and selection

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-163

  Melendez Ramirez V ^a,b   Parra Tabla, V ^b   Kevan, P G ^c   Ramirez Morillo I ^a   Harries, H ^a   Fernandez Barrera M ^a   Zizumbo Villareal, D ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Coconut palm; Mating strategy; Mexico; Pollination; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; ARECACEAE; COCOS NUCIFERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 2442444159     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2004.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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