Pollination of caged hybrid seed red rape with Osmia cornuta and apis mellifera (Hymenoptera Megachilidae and Apidae)

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 9-11

  Ladurner, Edith ^a   Santi, Fabrizio ^a   Maccagnani, Bettina ^a   Maini, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Brassica rapa; Osmia cornuta; Pollination; Seed yield

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA CORNUTA;

EID: 9744261492     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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