Comparative assessment of honey bees and other insects with self-pollination of Sarson in Peshawar
Comparative assessment of honey bees and other insects with self-pollination of Sarson in Peshawar
Bashir Mohammad Khan and M. Ismail Chaudhry
ABSTRACT
Self-pollinated Sarson plants (covered with muslin
netting) produced 26.46to 34.34 (mean 28.68) grams of
seed per plant while honey bee pollinated and non-apis
insect pollinated plants yielded 67.2 to 90.02 (mean
74.37) grams and 41,72 to 56.35 (mean 48.42) grams per
plant, respectively. The increase in seed yield due to
insect pollination was 159.31% in case of honey bee
pollinated plants and 68.83% in min-apis insect
pollinated plants. Besides producing increase yield
insect pollination caused formation of well-shapped,
larger grains and more viable seed than the self
pollinated plants.
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December 1988
Vol. 38, Iss. 4
