Pollination Efficiency of Managed Bee Species (Apis mellifera and Bombus pauloensis) in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Productivity
Understanding how bees use the resources provided by crops of massive flowering is essential to develop meaningful agricultural management of plans to maximize the potential of pollination service. We assessed the effect of the pollination carried out by native species Bombus pauloensis and Apis mel...
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| author | Cavigliasso, Pablo Bello, Fernando Rivadeneira, Maria Fernanda Monzon, Nicolas Oscar Gennari, Gerardo Pablo Basualdo, Marina |
| author_browse | Basualdo, Marina Bello, Fernando Cavigliasso, Pablo Gennari, Gerardo Pablo Monzon, Nicolas Oscar Rivadeneira, Maria Fernanda |
| author_facet | Cavigliasso, Pablo Bello, Fernando Rivadeneira, Maria Fernanda Monzon, Nicolas Oscar Gennari, Gerardo Pablo Basualdo, Marina |
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| description | Understanding how bees use the resources provided by crops of massive flowering is essential to develop meaningful agricultural management of plans to maximize the potential of pollination service. We assessed the effect of the pollination carried out by native species Bombus pauloensis and Apis mellifera on the production and quality of blueberry fruits. In this context, we tested the prediction that pollinator assemblages benefit fruit yield. Four treatments were performed: open pollination, B. pauloensis pollination, A. mellifera pollination, and autogamy. For each treatment, the frequency of floral visitors, fruit setting, yield, and quality were evaluated. The results showed that Vaccinium corymbosum L. ‘Emerald’ is highly dependent on entomophilous pollination to obtain optimal production and high-quality fruit, and that pollination with A. mellifera generated the highest proportion of fruit setting (0.80 ± 0.03). The highest seed number was found in open pollinated fruits. This study highlights the effect of the interactions among wild and managed pollinators on the productivity of commercial blueberry fields, and is the first report of B. pauloensis use in blueberry pollination. |
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| spelling | INTA109822021-12-23T13:16:47Z Pollination Efficiency of Managed Bee Species (Apis mellifera and Bombus pauloensis) in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Productivity Cavigliasso, Pablo Bello, Fernando Rivadeneira, Maria Fernanda Monzon, Nicolas Oscar Gennari, Gerardo Pablo Basualdo, Marina Arándano Vaccinium corymbosum Arándanos Highbush Apidae Polinización Apis mellifera Bombus Blueberries Highbush Blueberries Pollination Abejas Bombus pauloensis Understanding how bees use the resources provided by crops of massive flowering is essential to develop meaningful agricultural management of plans to maximize the potential of pollination service. We assessed the effect of the pollination carried out by native species Bombus pauloensis and Apis mellifera on the production and quality of blueberry fruits. In this context, we tested the prediction that pollinator assemblages benefit fruit yield. Four treatments were performed: open pollination, B. pauloensis pollination, A. mellifera pollination, and autogamy. For each treatment, the frequency of floral visitors, fruit setting, yield, and quality were evaluated. The results showed that Vaccinium corymbosum L. ‘Emerald’ is highly dependent on entomophilous pollination to obtain optimal production and high-quality fruit, and that pollination with A. mellifera generated the highest proportion of fruit setting (0.80 ± 0.03). The highest seed number was found in open pollinated fruits. This study highlights the effect of the interactions among wild and managed pollinators on the productivity of commercial blueberry fields, and is the first report of B. pauloensis use in blueberry pollination. EEA Concordia Fil: Cavigliasso, Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concordia; Argentina Fil: Bello, Fernando. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concordia; Argentina Fil: Rivadeneira, Maria Fernanda. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concordia; Argentina Fil: Monzon, Nicolas Oscar. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concordia; Argentina Fil: Gennari, Gerardo Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Famaillá; Argentina Fil: Basualdo, Marina. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina 2021-12-23T12:57:15Z 2021-12-23T12:57:15Z 2020-06 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10982 https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/johr-2020-0003 2353-3978 https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2020-0003 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/PNAPI-1112044/AR./Gestión y mejora del servicio ambiental de polinización info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf De Gruyter Journal of Horticultural Research 28 (1) : 57-64 (June 2020) |
| spellingShingle | Arándano Vaccinium corymbosum Arándanos Highbush Apidae Polinización Apis mellifera Bombus Blueberries Highbush Blueberries Pollination Abejas Bombus pauloensis Cavigliasso, Pablo Bello, Fernando Rivadeneira, Maria Fernanda Monzon, Nicolas Oscar Gennari, Gerardo Pablo Basualdo, Marina Pollination Efficiency of Managed Bee Species (Apis mellifera and Bombus pauloensis) in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Productivity |
| title | Pollination Efficiency of Managed Bee Species (Apis mellifera and Bombus pauloensis) in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Productivity |
| title_full | Pollination Efficiency of Managed Bee Species (Apis mellifera and Bombus pauloensis) in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Productivity |
| title_fullStr | Pollination Efficiency of Managed Bee Species (Apis mellifera and Bombus pauloensis) in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Productivity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pollination Efficiency of Managed Bee Species (Apis mellifera and Bombus pauloensis) in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Productivity |
| title_short | Pollination Efficiency of Managed Bee Species (Apis mellifera and Bombus pauloensis) in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Productivity |
| title_sort | pollination efficiency of managed bee species apis mellifera and bombus pauloensis in highbush blueberry vaccinium corymbosum productivity |
| topic | Arándano Vaccinium corymbosum Arándanos Highbush Apidae Polinización Apis mellifera Bombus Blueberries Highbush Blueberries Pollination Abejas Bombus pauloensis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10982 https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/johr-2020-0003 https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2020-0003 |
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