Abelhas visitantes nas flores da jabuticabeira (Myrciaria cauliflora Berg.) e produção de frutos - DOI: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v26i1.1890

Darclet Terezinha Malerbo-Souza; Regina Helena Nogueira-Couto; Vagner de Alencar Arnaut e Toledo

doi:10.4025/actascianimsci.v26i1.1890

**Bees visits associated to Brazilian grape tree flowers (Myrciaria cauliflora Berg.) and fruit production** - DOI: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v26i1.1890

Authors

Darclet Terezinha Malerbo-Souza Centro Universitário Moura Lacerda
Regina Helena Nogueira-Couto UNESP
Vagner de Alencar Arnaut e Toledo UEM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascianimsci.v26i1.1890

Keywords:

polinização, Apis mellifera, jabuticabeira, Myrciaria cauliflora

Abstract

This research aimed to verify the Brazilian grape tree flowers’ Myrciaria cauliflora attraction to insects, including their behaviour, sample kind and effect of insect visits on fruit production. The development time and the amount of flower’s nectar soluble sugar, the insects and sample kind were observed. Four hundred flower buds were tagged (200 covered and 200 uncovered), with 5 replications to determine fruiting percentage. Only the bees Apis mellifera, Tetragonisca angustula, Chloralictus sp and Trigona spinipes visited the flowers (98.0, 0.88, 0.57 and 0.55%, respectively), collecting exclusively pollen. Percentage of fruiting did not differ between covered (19.80%) and uncovered (18.62%) treatments, showing that the bees visits did not affect fruit production.

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Author Biography

Darclet Terezinha Malerbo-Souza, Centro Universitário Moura Lacerda

Possui graduação em Zootecnia pela Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (1987) , mestrado em Ciências (Entomologia) pela Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Usp (1991) e doutorado em Produção Animal pela Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (1996) . Atualmente é Professor adjunto do Centro Universitário Moura Lacerda. Tem experiência na área de Zootecnia , com ênfase em Ecologia dos Animais Domésticos e Etologia. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Polinização, atrativos, repelentes, Apis mellifera, Comportamento forrageiro e Produção agrícola Currículo Lattes

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Published

2008-04-10

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2004)

Section

Animal Science

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Malerbo-Souza, D. T., Nogueira-Couto, R. H., & Toledo, V. de A. A. e. (2008). Bees visits associated to Brazilian grape tree flowers (Myrciaria cauliflora Berg.) and fruit production - DOI: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v26i1.1890. Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences, 26(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascianimsci.v26i1.1890