EFFECTS OF AN INSECT VACUUM DEVICE ON STRAWBERRY POLLINATION

Authors
CHIASSON H DEOLIVEIRA D VINCENT C
Citation
H. Chiasson et al., EFFECTS OF AN INSECT VACUUM DEVICE ON STRAWBERRY POLLINATION, Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 75(4), 1995, pp. 917-921
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Agriculture
Journal title
Canadian Journal of Plant Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084220
Volume
75
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
917 - 921
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4220(1995)75:4<917:EOAIVD>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The Biovac(R), a tractor-propelled insect vacuum device, was evaluated for its effect on strawberry pollination. The device had little effec t on the dispersal pattern of pollen ejected by its exhaust pipe. Howe ver, viability of ejected pollen was half that of pollen collected dir ectly from flowers. Fruit weight and degree of pollination of fruit fr om flowers pollinated only by pollen dispersed by the Biovac were infe rior (significantly 12 times out of 16) to those of flowers exposed to all pollinating agents.