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Effect of Pollination by the Osmia Bicornis (syn. O. rufa) Bee on Fruit Set, Seed Set and Yield in Three Apple Cultivars Cover

Effect of Pollination by the Osmia Bicornis (syn. O. rufa) Bee on Fruit Set, Seed Set and Yield in Three Apple Cultivars

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|Dec 2023

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Percent initial fruit-set of three apple cultivars exposed to different pollination treatments.
Percent initial fruit-set of three apple cultivars exposed to different pollination treatments.

Fig. 2.

Percent fruit-set at harvest of three apple cultivars exposed to different pollination treatments.
Percent fruit-set at harvest of three apple cultivars exposed to different pollination treatments.

Fig. 3.

The mean number of fruits harvested from one apple tree exposed to different pollination treatments.
The mean number of fruits harvested from one apple tree exposed to different pollination treatments.

Fig. 4.

The mean fruit yield (kg) harvested from one apple tree exposed to different pollination treatments.
The mean fruit yield (kg) harvested from one apple tree exposed to different pollination treatments.

Fig. 5.

The number of seeds per fruit of three apple cultivars exposed to different pollination treatments: 1) selfpollination, 2) pollination by O. bicornis (syn. O. rufa), 3) open-pollination.
The number of seeds per fruit of three apple cultivars exposed to different pollination treatments: 1) selfpollination, 2) pollination by O. bicornis (syn. O. rufa), 3) open-pollination.

Mean number of clusters per tree and mean number of flowers per cluster in the tested groups

Pollination treatmentLoboPirosChampion

clustersflowersclustersflowersclustersflowers
Selfpollination44.05.634.84.5127.84.3
O. bicornis50.65.635.44.5109.64.3
Open pollination46.05.651.24.5120.64.3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2023-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 125 - 134
Submitted on: Jul 10, 2023
Accepted on: Oct 24, 2023
Published on: Dec 22, 2023
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2023 Monika Fliszkiewicz, Karol Giejdasz, published by Research Institute of Horticulture
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