Pollination potential of the bee Osmia aglaia for cultivated red raspberries and blackberries (Rubus: Rosaceae)

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1705-1708

  Cane, James H ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apiformes; Apoidea; Brambles; Cane fruit; Fruit size; Megachilidae; Pollinator

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

APIFORMES; APOIDEA; BRAMBLES; CANE FRUIT; FRUIT SIZE; MEGACHILIDAES; POLLINATOR;

FRUITS;

CULTIVATION; FRUITS; PLANTS; POLLINATION;

AGLAIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA; ROSACEAE; RUBUS; RUBUS GLAUCUS; RUBUS IDAEUS;

EID: 24944542794     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.6.1705     Document Type: Article

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