Screenhouse evaluations of a mason bee Osmia ribifloris (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a pollinator for blueberries in the southeastern United States

Small Fruits Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 381-392

  Sampson, Blair J ^a   Stringer, Stephen J ^a   Cane, James H ^b   Spiers, James M ^a  

^a USDA Small Fruit Research Station   (United States)

^b U States Dept Agric Agric R   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Fruit set; Non Apis pollinator; Parsivoltinism; Pollination; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM TENELLUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 7444251718     PISSN: 15228851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J301v03n03_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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