Honeybee pollination affects fruit characteristics of sweet pepper grown under net-houses

International Journal of Vegetable Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 45-59

  Dag, Arnon ^a   Zvieli, Yoram ^b   Afik, Ohad ^c   Elkind, Yonatan ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; Cultivar; Fruit; Honeybee; Pollination; Sweet pepper

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 67650085061     PISSN: 19315260     EISSN: 19315279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J512v13n04_05     Document Type: Article

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