It Is Not All about Being Sweet: Differences in Floral Traits and Insect Visitation among Hybrid Carrot Cultivars

Cytoplasmically male-sterile (CMS) carrot cultivars suffer from low pollination rates. In this study, insect visitation varied more than eightfold between 17 CMS carrot cultivars in a field-based cultivar evaluation trial. The visitation rates of honey bees, nectar scarabs, muscoid flies, and wasps...

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Principais autores:	Ann Gaffney, Björn Bohman, Stephen R. Quarrell, Philip H. Brown, Geoff R. Allen
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	MDPI AG 2020-06-01
coleção:	Insects
Assuntos:	crop carrot hybrid honey bee pollination
Acesso em linha:	https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/7/402
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