Buckwheat flowers attract a diverse range of insect floral visitors contributing to pollination. This study aims to assess their diversity, dominance and foraging behaviour of major bee species on the pin and thrum morphs of buckwheat during different blooming phases. A total of...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i21999
The study evaluated the influence of open, hand and bagged pollination methods on fruit yield and quality of wild type at Ponnampet and cultivated jamun types (K-45 and N-20) at GKVK, Bengaluru, which was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD). Open and hand pollinat...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i82680
The impact of different pollination modes on fruit yield and quality of wild and cultivated types of jamun (Syzygium cumini) showed that wild type of jamun had higher fertilization rates and better fruit retention under hand pollination, whereas open pollination showed improved f...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i72675
The study on Effect of weather parameters on floral visitors abundance in wild and cultivated varieties of jamun revealed that thirty one species of floral visitors were recorded and were belongs to Hymenopterans, Dipterans, Lepidopterans, Coleopterans and Hemiptera. The mean abu...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22052
The study on influence of weather parameters on pollen and nectar foraging activity of Apis and non-Apis species of honey bees in wild and cultivated varieties of jamun revealed that two peaks in nectar forager activity of A. dorsata, A. florea and A. cerana was recorded, the fi...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22000
Studies on flowering behaviour, pollen production, nectar secretion of wild and cultivated varieties of Jamun with special focus to influence of weather parameters on secretion of nectar revealed that the initiation of inflorescence from inter nodal region was observed during Jan...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i11896
The study on evaluation of self-incompatibility in two types of dragon fruit viz., Vietnam royal white, Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton and Rose and Vietnam royal pink, Hylocereus polyrhizus (Haw.) Britton and Rose was carried out on fruit yield parameters during 2021-22. The t...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i22008