Effects of pollination by Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on tomatoes in protected culture

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-307

  Hikawa, Mitsuharu ^a   Miyanaga, Ryoichi ^b  

^a Okayama Prefectural General Agriculture Center   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Pollination; Protected culture; Stingless bee; Tomato

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 68349115023     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2009.301     Document Type: Article

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