Domestication of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) in Western Ghats, India: Divergence in productive traits and a shift in major pollinators

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 727-733

  Kuriakose, Giby ^a   Sinu, Palatty Allesh ^a   Shivanna, K R ^a  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Amegilla sp.; Apis cerana; Apis dorsata; Domestication; Elettaria cardamomum; Megachile sp.; Pollination efficiency; Social bees; Solitary bees; Wild cardamom

Indexed keywords

BEE; COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVATION; DIVERGENCE; DOMESTICATION; FLOWER VISITING; FLOWERING; HERB; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL INSECT; WILD POPULATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARDAMOM; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; ELETTARIA; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

AMEGILLA; APIS CERANA; APIS DORSATA; APOIDEA; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; MEGACHILE; TRIGONA;

EID: 60749116362     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn262     Document Type: Article

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