Bumble bee pollinators in red clover seed production

Crop Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2207-2214

  Rao, Sujaya ^a   Stephen, William P ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS VOSNESENSKII; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 70749126262     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.01.0003     Document Type: Article

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