Comparative study on the pollination of strawberry by bumble bees and honeybees under plastic house conditions in Jordan valley

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-240

  Zaitoun, Shahera Talat ^a   Al Ghzawi, Abd Al Majeed ^b   Shannag, Hail Kamel ^b   Al Tawaha, Abdel Rahman M ^c  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bumble bees; Honeybees; Jordan Valley; Pollination; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 33744474827     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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