Effect of Nectar Composition on Bee Attraction for Onion Seed Production

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Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina; Silva, Maria Fernanda; Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
Año de publicación
2015
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versión publicada
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Onion is the second most cultivated vegetable crop in the world. Two types of onion varieties are usually grown around the world; open pollinated (OP) and first generation (F1) hybrids. Honey bees are the main pollinators of onion seed production, but owing to low attractiveness of flowers, pollination is often inadequate. Pollination problems result in low seed yields. Field observations indicate that F1 hybrid seed yields are much lower than open-pollinated varieties seed yields, with a decrease of up to 60%. Nectar is the most important floral reward offered by plants. Floral nectar composition has been studied as the potential cause of bee preferences in many species, among them onion. Nectar usually does not repel bees, but some nectar may be less attractive than nectar of competing flowers. Honeybees have distaste for onion flowers and avoid visiting them. Frequently, onion nectar potassium concentration and nectar sucrose concentration have been mentioned as potential causes of bee unattractiveness. Also, minor components of nectar such as phenols, amino acids, proteins, organosulfur compounds and alkaloids might directly affect bee foraging. There are differences in the chemical composition of nectar and floral morphology between open pollinated and F1 Hybrids and also within F1 Hybrids. These differences are correlated with the number of visits and seed yield. Therefore, it would be possible to select indirectly the most promising seed production lines analyzing nectar or floral morphological characters.
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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: Silva, Maria Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; Argentina
Fil: Silva, Maria Fernanda. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; 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
Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Romulo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
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Nectar: Production, Chemical Composition and Benefits to Animals and Plants / editor : Robin L. Peck. New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2015. p. 60-78
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Cebolla
Polinización
Híbridos
Néctar
Producción de Semillas
Onions
Pollination
Hybrids
Nectar
Seed Production
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Effect of Nectar Composition on Bee Attraction for Onion Seed Production
title Effect of Nectar Composition on Bee Attraction for Onion Seed Production
spellingShingle Effect of Nectar Composition on Bee Attraction for Onion Seed Production
Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
Cebolla
Polinización
Híbridos
Néctar
Producción de Semillas
Onions
Pollination
Hybrids
Nectar
Seed Production
title_short Effect of Nectar Composition on Bee Attraction for Onion Seed Production
title_full Effect of Nectar Composition on Bee Attraction for Onion Seed Production
title_fullStr Effect of Nectar Composition on Bee Attraction for Onion Seed Production
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Nectar Composition on Bee Attraction for Onion Seed Production
title_sort Effect of Nectar Composition on Bee Attraction for Onion Seed Production
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
Silva, Maria Fernanda
Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
author Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
author_facet Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
Silva, Maria Fernanda
Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
author_role author
author2 Silva, Maria Fernanda
Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cebolla
Polinización
Híbridos
Néctar
Producción de Semillas
Onions
Pollination
Hybrids
Nectar
Seed Production
topic Cebolla
Polinización
Híbridos
Néctar
Producción de Semillas
Onions
Pollination
Hybrids
Nectar
Seed Production
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Onion is the second most cultivated vegetable crop in the world. Two types of onion varieties are usually grown around the world; open pollinated (OP) and first generation (F1) hybrids. Honey bees are the main pollinators of onion seed production, but owing to low attractiveness of flowers, pollination is often inadequate. Pollination problems result in low seed yields. Field observations indicate that F1 hybrid seed yields are much lower than open-pollinated varieties seed yields, with a decrease of up to 60%. Nectar is the most important floral reward offered by plants. Floral nectar composition has been studied as the potential cause of bee preferences in many species, among them onion. Nectar usually does not repel bees, but some nectar may be less attractive than nectar of competing flowers. Honeybees have distaste for onion flowers and avoid visiting them. Frequently, onion nectar potassium concentration and nectar sucrose concentration have been mentioned as potential causes of bee unattractiveness. Also, minor components of nectar such as phenols, amino acids, proteins, organosulfur compounds and alkaloids might directly affect bee foraging. There are differences in the chemical composition of nectar and floral morphology between open pollinated and F1 Hybrids and also within F1 Hybrids. These differences are correlated with the number of visits and seed yield. Therefore, it would be possible to select indirectly the most promising seed production lines analyzing nectar or floral morphological characters.
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: Silva, Maria Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; Argentina
Fil: Silva, Maria Fernanda. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; 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
Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Romulo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
description Onion is the second most cultivated vegetable crop in the world. Two types of onion varieties are usually grown around the world; open pollinated (OP) and first generation (F1) hybrids. Honey bees are the main pollinators of onion seed production, but owing to low attractiveness of flowers, pollination is often inadequate. Pollination problems result in low seed yields. Field observations indicate that F1 hybrid seed yields are much lower than open-pollinated varieties seed yields, with a decrease of up to 60%. Nectar is the most important floral reward offered by plants. Floral nectar composition has been studied as the potential cause of bee preferences in many species, among them onion. Nectar usually does not repel bees, but some nectar may be less attractive than nectar of competing flowers. Honeybees have distaste for onion flowers and avoid visiting them. Frequently, onion nectar potassium concentration and nectar sucrose concentration have been mentioned as potential causes of bee unattractiveness. Also, minor components of nectar such as phenols, amino acids, proteins, organosulfur compounds and alkaloids might directly affect bee foraging. There are differences in the chemical composition of nectar and floral morphology between open pollinated and F1 Hybrids and also within F1 Hybrids. These differences are correlated with the number of visits and seed yield. Therefore, it would be possible to select indirectly the most promising seed production lines analyzing nectar or floral morphological characters.
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