Contribution of honeybees to soybean yield
Despite the economic importance of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], knowledge on the contribution of entomological pollination on seed yield is scarce. This study estimates the production of soybean resulting from pollination by honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) in two consecutive growing seasons in Pa...
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| author | Blettler, Diego César Fagundez, Guillermina Andrea Caviglia, Octavio |
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| description | Despite the economic importance of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], knowledge on the contribution of entomological pollination on seed yield is scarce. This study estimates the production of soybean resulting from pollination by honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) in two consecutive growing seasons in Paraná (Argentina). Experiments had two treatments: excluded flower-visiting insects (EV) and non-excluded flower-visiting insects (NEV). The abundance of honeybees was similar in both years, although soybean production differed significantly (P < 0.05) between years. The NEV treatment out-yielded (P < 0.001) the EV treatment by 18% (5224 vs. 4415 kg ha−1) in year 1, which was associated with an increase in the seeds per unit area but not with individual seed weight. In contrast, seed yield (on average 3830 kg ha−1) and seeds per unit area did not differ between treatments in year 2. Individual seed weight was 3–5% (P < 0.05) higher in EV than in NEV in both years. The mechanisms involved in the seed yield increase could be related with pollen sterility in relegated flowers in secondary racemes or in distal locations of primary racemes under favorable conditions, as recorded in year 1. Thus, the action of honeybees carrying pollen from fertile flowers to relegated flowers may have increased the pod and seed set in treatment NEV in year 1. |
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| spelling | INTA30202018-08-08T15:18:01Z Contribution of honeybees to soybean yield Blettler, Diego César Fagundez, Guillermina Andrea Caviglia, Octavio Polinización Producción de Semillas Rendimiento Soja Glycine Max Abeja Melífera Búsqueda de Alimento Honey Bees Soybeans Yields Seed Production Pollination Despite the economic importance of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], knowledge on the contribution of entomological pollination on seed yield is scarce. This study estimates the production of soybean resulting from pollination by honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) in two consecutive growing seasons in Paraná (Argentina). Experiments had two treatments: excluded flower-visiting insects (EV) and non-excluded flower-visiting insects (NEV). The abundance of honeybees was similar in both years, although soybean production differed significantly (P < 0.05) between years. The NEV treatment out-yielded (P < 0.001) the EV treatment by 18% (5224 vs. 4415 kg ha−1) in year 1, which was associated with an increase in the seeds per unit area but not with individual seed weight. In contrast, seed yield (on average 3830 kg ha−1) and seeds per unit area did not differ between treatments in year 2. Individual seed weight was 3–5% (P < 0.05) higher in EV than in NEV in both years. The mechanisms involved in the seed yield increase could be related with pollen sterility in relegated flowers in secondary racemes or in distal locations of primary racemes under favorable conditions, as recorded in year 1. Thus, the action of honeybees carrying pollen from fertile flowers to relegated flowers may have increased the pod and seed set in treatment NEV in year 1. EEA Paraná Fil: Blettler, Diego César. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Fagundez, Guillermina Andrea. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina Fil: Caviglia, Octavio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná. Grupo Ecología Forestal; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias; Argentina 2018-08-08T14:54:11Z 2018-08-08T14:54:11Z 2018-02 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3020 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-017-0532-4#citeas 0044-8435 1297-9678 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-017-0532-4 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Springer Apidologie 49 (1) : 101–111. (February 2018) |
| spellingShingle | Polinización Producción de Semillas Rendimiento Soja Glycine Max Abeja Melífera Búsqueda de Alimento Honey Bees Soybeans Yields Seed Production Pollination Blettler, Diego César Fagundez, Guillermina Andrea Caviglia, Octavio Contribution of honeybees to soybean yield |
| title | Contribution of honeybees to soybean yield |
| title_full | Contribution of honeybees to soybean yield |
| title_fullStr | Contribution of honeybees to soybean yield |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contribution of honeybees to soybean yield |
| title_short | Contribution of honeybees to soybean yield |
| title_sort | contribution of honeybees to soybean yield |
| topic | Polinización Producción de Semillas Rendimiento Soja Glycine Max Abeja Melífera Búsqueda de Alimento Honey Bees Soybeans Yields Seed Production Pollination |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3020 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-017-0532-4#citeas https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-017-0532-4 |
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