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dc.creatorAraneda Durán,Ximena
dc.creatorBreve Ulloa,Rodrigo
dc.creatorAguilera Carrillo,José
dc.creatorLavín Contreras,Jorge
dc.creatorToneatti Bastidas,Marcelo
dc.date2010-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-24T21:19:01Z
dc.date.available2019-04-24T21:19:01Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392010000200014
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/55532
dc.descriptionRecent introduction of hybrid varieties raises the question if bees (Apis mellifera L.) contribute as pollinator agents in developing the full yield potential of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). In order to evaluate the yield achieved by B. napus cv. Artus pollinated by A. mellifera testing was carried out in the district of Freire, La Araucanía Region, Chile. This consisted in isolating or excluding rapeseed plants from pollinators with exclusion cages. Treatments applied were total exclusion (T1), partial exclusion (T2) and free pollination (T0) with a density of 6.5 hives ha-1, in order to determine the following yield components traits: grains per silique, siliques per plant, 1000 grain weight and yield. The experimental design used was randomized complete blocks with three treatments and three replicates. Results obtained show that the parameter least affected by bee intervention was the grains per silique variable. In contrast, siliques per plant and 1000 grain weight parameters presented significant differences, contributing to a yield greater than 5 t ha-1; which represented a figure 50.34% higher than in the treatment without bees. It may be concluded that the inclusion of bees in crops is fully justified as a production tool.
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dc.publisherInstituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceChilean journal of agricultural research v.70 n.2 2010
dc.subjectbee hives
dc.subjectpollination
dc.titleEvaluation of Yield Component Traits of Honeybee-Pollinated (Apis mellifera L.)Rapeseed Canola (Brassica napus L.)


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