Effects of alfalfa nectar amount and visiting bees number on alfalfa seed yield

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Effects of alfalfa nectar amount and visiting bees number on alfalfa seed yield

HE Chenggang¹, BI Yufen², JIANG Hua³, ZHOU He³

1. College of Tobacco Science, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China;
2. College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China;
3. Institute of Grassland Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China

Received:2005-03-24 Revised:2005-05-03 Online:2005-12-10

Abstract

Abstract: This paper studied calyx diameter,nectar amount,the number of visiting bees and seed yield of ten alfalfa varieties.The results showed that there were significant correlations between nectar amount per m² and the number of visiting bees,the number of visiting bees and seed yield,as well as calyx diameter and nectar amount per m²,with the r value 0.87,0.93 and 0.99 respectively.Sitel and Derby varieties in Lanzhou area could produce seeds with high yield and good quality.

Key words: Schizotetranychus bambusae, Phyllostachys pubescens, Neosinocalamus affinis, Population parameters, Procreation isolation

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HE Chenggang, BI Yufen, JIANG Hua, ZHOU He. Effects of alfalfa nectar amount and visiting bees number on alfalfa seed yield[J]. cje, 2005, (12): 1388-1391.

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