Onion (Allium cepa L.) hybrid seed production: Sugar content variation during the flowering period

Autores
Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina; Gatica Hernandez, Ismaél Jairo Gabriel; Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión aceptada
Descripción
Honeybees are the most used pollinators for onion seed production. Two types of onion varieties are mainly grown worldwide: hybrids and open pollination (OP) cultivars. Although hybrids offer advantages to bulb growers, seed yields of hybrids are lower than OP cultivars. Since honey bees play a major role in onion pollination, understanding the contribution of the floral rewards to bee visitation is crucial to improve seed yield. The goal of this study is to establish the best moment for the introduction of honey bee hives into onion fields to increase seed yields. To reach this goal, the correlation between sugar compounds in nectar throughout the flowering period and honeybee foraging activity was determined. The sugar profile and bee visits were highly correlated, and fructose concentration was strongly linked to bee frequency of foraging on the onion umbels. The highest number of bee visits was recorded at 70% of flowering. Based on these results, bee hives should be introduced once 40 to 50% of flowering is reached.
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Fil: Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; Argentina
Fil: Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; Argentina
Fil: Gatica Hernandez, Ismaél Jairo Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.
Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Romulo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Romulo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta; Argentina
Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Romulo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fuente
Crop Science (First published: 07 July 2021)
Materia
Cebolla
Allium Cepa
Producción de Semillas Híbridas
Contenido de Carbohidratos
Polinización
Onions
Hybrid Seed Production
Carbohydrate Content
Pollination
Contenido de Azúcares
Sugar Content
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso restringido
Condiciones de uso
Repositorio
INTA Digital (INTA)
Institución
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Onion (Allium cepa L.) hybrid seed production: Sugar content variation during the flowering period
title Onion (Allium cepa L.) hybrid seed production: Sugar content variation during the flowering period
spellingShingle Onion (Allium cepa L.) hybrid seed production: Sugar content variation during the flowering period
Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
Cebolla
Allium Cepa
Producción de Semillas Híbridas
Contenido de Carbohidratos
Polinización
Onions
Hybrid Seed Production
Carbohydrate Content
Pollination
Contenido de Azúcares
Sugar Content
title_short Onion (Allium cepa L.) hybrid seed production: Sugar content variation during the flowering period
title_full Onion (Allium cepa L.) hybrid seed production: Sugar content variation during the flowering period
title_fullStr Onion (Allium cepa L.) hybrid seed production: Sugar content variation during the flowering period
title_full_unstemmed Onion (Allium cepa L.) hybrid seed production: Sugar content variation during the flowering period
title_sort Onion (Allium cepa L.) hybrid seed production: Sugar content variation during the flowering period
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
Gatica Hernandez, Ismaél Jairo Gabriel
Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
author Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
author_facet Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
Gatica Hernandez, Ismaél Jairo Gabriel
Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
author_role author
author2 Gatica Hernandez, Ismaél Jairo Gabriel
Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cebolla
Allium Cepa
Producción de Semillas Híbridas
Contenido de Carbohidratos
Polinización
Onions
Hybrid Seed Production
Carbohydrate Content
Pollination
Contenido de Azúcares
Sugar Content
topic Cebolla
Allium Cepa
Producción de Semillas Híbridas
Contenido de Carbohidratos
Polinización
Onions
Hybrid Seed Production
Carbohydrate Content
Pollination
Contenido de Azúcares
Sugar Content
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Honeybees are the most used pollinators for onion seed production. Two types of onion varieties are mainly grown worldwide: hybrids and open pollination (OP) cultivars. Although hybrids offer advantages to bulb growers, seed yields of hybrids are lower than OP cultivars. Since honey bees play a major role in onion pollination, understanding the contribution of the floral rewards to bee visitation is crucial to improve seed yield. The goal of this study is to establish the best moment for the introduction of honey bee hives into onion fields to increase seed yields. To reach this goal, the correlation between sugar compounds in nectar throughout the flowering period and honeybee foraging activity was determined. The sugar profile and bee visits were highly correlated, and fructose concentration was strongly linked to bee frequency of foraging on the onion umbels. The highest number of bee visits was recorded at 70% of flowering. Based on these results, bee hives should be introduced once 40 to 50% of flowering is reached.
EEA La Consulta
Fil: Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; Argentina
Fil: Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; Argentina
Fil: Gatica Hernandez, Ismaél Jairo Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.
Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Romulo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Romulo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta; Argentina
Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Romulo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Honeybees are the most used pollinators for onion seed production. Two types of onion varieties are mainly grown worldwide: hybrids and open pollination (OP) cultivars. Although hybrids offer advantages to bulb growers, seed yields of hybrids are lower than OP cultivars. Since honey bees play a major role in onion pollination, understanding the contribution of the floral rewards to bee visitation is crucial to improve seed yield. The goal of this study is to establish the best moment for the introduction of honey bee hives into onion fields to increase seed yields. To reach this goal, the correlation between sugar compounds in nectar throughout the flowering period and honeybee foraging activity was determined. The sugar profile and bee visits were highly correlated, and fructose concentration was strongly linked to bee frequency of foraging on the onion umbels. The highest number of bee visits was recorded at 70% of flowering. Based on these results, bee hives should be introduced once 40 to 50% of flowering is reached.
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