Role of attractants on insect pollinators diversity with special reference to pollination in increasing the productivity of bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria L.

Role of attractants on insect pollinators diversity with special reference to pollination in increasing the productivity of bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria L.

2013

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The investigation on role of attractants on insect pollinators diversity and in increasing the productivity of Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria L.) was carried out during 2012. Ten species of insect pollinators were recorded before application of attractants, whereas, nineteen species of insect pollinators were recorded during flowering after application of Citral-a and Citral-b. Among them, eight species belong to order Hymenoptera, five species to Diptera, three species to Lepidoptera and two species to Coleoptera and one species from Hemiptera. The role of attractant in pollination on quantitative and qualitative parameters such as fruit set, fruit weight, fruit volume, fruit length, number of sound seeds, test weight, moisture, ash content, TSS and germination percentage were maximum in open pollination with Citral-a and Citral-b compared to open pollination without attractants and control.

47(1):16-21, MYSORE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

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