The importance of male red mason bee (Osmia rufa L.) and male bufftailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris L.) pollination in blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.)

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 457-460

  Fliszkiewicz, Monika ^a   Giejdasz, Karol ^a   Wilkaniec, Zdzisław ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; OSMIA RUFA; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; RIBES NIGRUM;

EID: 80052748875     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2011.11512788     Document Type: Article

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