STUDIES ON POLLINATION OF Nigelia sativa L. IN ASSIUT REGION | ||||
| Journal of Productivity and Development | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 12, Issue 2, July 2007, Page 477-485 PDF (179.21 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpd.2007.44970 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Rasmy Hassan* | ||||
| Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agric, Al-Azhar Univeristy, Assiut, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| A general survey study of insect pollinators visiting Nigella sativa L. blossoms in Assiut region, showed that the collected insects belong to eight orders. Hymenopterous insects formed 56.38 %, Apis mellifera L. was the most common Hymenopterous, as it constituted 26.90 %. Insects of orders Coleptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera came in the second class, forming 16.21, 16.13 and 15.98 % of the total insect count, respectively. While orders Neuroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera and Hemiptera were poorly represented. Regarding seasonal activity of honeybee foragers on Nigella sativa L. fields, it was found that the ratio of pollen and nectar foragers was 60.60, 39.34 %, respectively. Daily peak activity of pollen and nectar foragers was detected at 3 p.m. The mean weight of 1000 seeds resulted from honeybee pollinated and open pollinated plots revealed a significant increase in comparison with insect-excluded. The mean weight of seeds calculated per feddan was 782.7, 760.8, 650.4 kg for honeybee pollinates plots, open pollinated and insectexcluded, respectively. Percentage of essential oil was nearly similar in three treatments. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| pollination; Nigelia sativa L; Assiut region | ||||
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