Effect of honeybees pollination on seed setting, yield and quality characteristics of rapeseed (Brassica napus oleifera)

Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 680-683

  Oz, M ^a   Karasu, A ^a   Cakmak, I ^a   Goksoy, A T ^a   Ozmen, N ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera anatoliaca; Bee pollination; Canola

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA ANATOLIACA; APOIDEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 54549104609     PISSN: 00195022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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