Efects of honey bee pollination on pumpkin fruit and seed yield

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 370-373

  Walters, S Alan ^a   Taylor, Bradley H ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apiculture; Apis mellifera; Cucurbit; Cucurbita maxima; Cucurbita moschata; Cucurbita pepo; Pollination; Vegetable production

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FRUITS; SEED;

APICULTURE; APIS MELLIFERA; CUCURBIT; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; CUCURBITA PEPO; VEGETABLE PRODUCTION;

AGRICULTURE;

FRUITS; POLLINATION; SEEDS; VARIETIES; VEGETABLES;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; CUCURBITA PEPO; PEPONAPIS PRUINOSA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 33645103563     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.2.370     Document Type: Article

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