Calculated value of nests of the long-tongued bumblebee bombus hortorum, for pollination of tetraploid red clover, trifolium pratense

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 561, Issue , 2001, Pages 293-296

  Donovan, B J ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bombus hortorum; Pollination; Seed value NZ 999; Tetraploid red clover

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS HORTORUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 78249243987     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.561.44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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1. I thank Mr Peter Clifford, Mr Grant Purves and Mr Greg Sparks, AgResearch, Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre, Lincoln, New Zealand, for helpful comments.
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