Pollination of habanero pepper (capsicum chinense) and production in enclosures using the stingless bee nannotrigona perilampoides

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 125-130

  Cauich, Orlando ^a   Quezada Euán, José Javier G ^a   Ramírez, Virginia Meléndez ^a   Valdovinos Nuñez, Gustavo R ^b   Moo Valle, Humberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Capsicum chinense; Pepper; Pollination; Solanaceae; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM CHINENSE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELIPONINAE; NANNOTRIGONA PERILAMPOIDES; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 33750346199     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2006.11101330     Document Type: Article

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