Abstract
The pollination effectiveness of bluebanded bees of the species Amegilla (Zonamegilla) holmesi Rayment (Hymenoptera: Apidae) was evaluated in tomato plants, Lycopersicon esculentum Miller (Solanaceae), cultivated in two greenhouse chambers. Bluebanded bee pollination was compared with mechanical pollination and no supplementary pollination. Pollination effectiveness was compared between treatments by using the percentage of fruit set, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit roundness, and the number of seeds per fruit. Both the bluebanded bee pollination and the mechanical pollination treatments significantly increased fruit set, individual fruit weight, and diameter compared with the control treatment. Fruit were also significantly rounder and contained significantly more seeds. Positive correlations were found for fruit weight versus seed number, maximum diameter versus seed number and minimum diameter versus seed number. We conclude that the use of A. holmesi for pollinating greenhouse tomatoes in Australia may be an effective alternative to the use of mechanical pollination.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Bee pollination significantly increased fruit set, weight and diameter versus control.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- bluebanded bee pollinatione0
- Outcome
- fruit set, individual fruit weight, and diametere0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both the bluebanded bee pollination and the mechanical pollination treatments significantly increased fruit set, individual fruit weight, and diameter compared with the control treatment.”
t0“Pollination of Greenhouse Tomatoes by the Australian Bluebanded Bee Amegilla (Zonamegilla) holmesi (Hymenoptera: Apidae)”
e1“bluebanded bees of the species Amegilla (Zonamegilla) holmesi Rayment”
Claim · model-written summary
Mechanical pollination significantly increased fruit set, weight and diameter versus control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- mechanical pollinatione0
- Outcome
- fruit set, individual fruit weight, and diametere0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both the bluebanded bee pollination and the mechanical pollination treatments significantly increased fruit set, individual fruit weight, and diameter compared with the control treatment.”
t0“Pollination of Greenhouse Tomatoes by the Australian Bluebanded Bee Amegilla (Zonamegilla) holmesi (Hymenoptera: Apidae)”
Claim · model-written summary
Pollinated fruit were rounder and had more seeds.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- Fruite0
- Direction
- rounder and contained significantly more seedse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit were also significantly rounder and contained significantly more seeds.”
t0“Pollination of Greenhouse Tomatoes by the Australian Bluebanded Bee Amegilla (Zonamegilla) holmesi (Hymenoptera: Apidae)”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit weight correlated positively with seed number.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- seede0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- Positive correlationse0
- Comparator
- seed numbere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Positive correlations were found for fruit weight versus seed number”
t0“Pollination of Greenhouse Tomatoes by the Australian Bluebanded Bee Amegilla (Zonamegilla) holmesi (Hymenoptera: Apidae)”
Claim · model-written summary
Maximum fruit diameter correlated positively with seed number.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- maximum diametere0
- Direction
- Positive correlationse0
- Comparator
- seed numbere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Positive correlations were found for fruit weight versus seed number, maximum diameter versus seed number and minimum diameter versus seed number.”
t0“Pollination of Greenhouse Tomatoes by the Australian Bluebanded Bee Amegilla (Zonamegilla) holmesi (Hymenoptera: Apidae)”
Claim · model-written summary
Minimum fruit diameter correlated positively with seed number.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- minimum diametere0
- Direction
- Positive correlationse0
- Comparator
- seed numbere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Positive correlations were found for fruit weight versus seed number, maximum diameter versus seed number and minimum diameter versus seed number.”
t0“Pollination of Greenhouse Tomatoes by the Australian Bluebanded Bee Amegilla (Zonamegilla) holmesi (Hymenoptera: Apidae)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude A. holmesi may replace mechanical pollination in Australian greenhouses.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Interactor
- A. holmesiAmegilla holmesie0pollinator
- Outcome
- effective alternative to the use of mechanical pollinatione0
- Setting
- Australiae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the use of A. holmesi for pollinating greenhouse tomatoes in Australia may be an effective alternative to the use of mechanical pollination.”
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