Nectar and flower traits of different onion male sterile lines related to pollination efficiency and seed yield of F1 hybrids

Autores
Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina; Maldonado, Irma Beatriz; Gil, Raul Andres; Peralta, Iris Edith; Silva, Maria Fernanda; Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
Año de publicación
2013
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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Honey bees are the main pollinators of onion crops for seed production, but owing to low attractiveness of flowers, pollination is often inadequate. Pollination problems result in low seed yields. This problem is accentuated when male sterile lines (MSL) are used to produce hybrid onion seeds. In this study, the effect of floral attributes and nectar composition on the preference of honey bees of four MSLs and one onion open pollinated cultivar were assessed. The chemical composition of nectar was described through the analysis of sugars, trace elements, volatile organic compounds, and phenol compounds. The samples studied showed qualitative and quantitative differences in the analyzed traits of flowers and nectar among the different lines. Furthermore, field observations showed a great difference on the number of bee visits and seed yield among the onion lines analyzed. For the first time, this study demonstrates that there are marked differences in the chemical composition of nectar and floral morphology between open pollinated and MSLs and also within MSLs. In addition, these differences were correlated with the number of visits and seed yield. Therefore, it would be possible to select indirectly the most promising productive MSL using simple determinations of chemical compounds 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. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; Argentina
Fil: Maldonado, Irma Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta; Argentina.
Fil: Gil, Raul Andres. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis; Argentina
Fil: Peralta, Iris Edith. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina; Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Silva, Maria Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; Argentina
Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Romulo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fuente
Journal of Economic Entomology 106 (3) : 1386–1394 (June 2013)
Materia
Cebolla
Allium Cepa
Polinización
Néctar
Híbridos
Rendimiento
Abeja Melífera
Onions
Pollination
Nectar
Hybrids
Yields
Honey Bees
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Condiciones de uso
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Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
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spelling Nectar and flower traits of different onion male sterile lines related to pollination efficiency and seed yield of F1 hybridsSoto Vargas, Verónica CarolinaMaldonado, Irma BeatrizGil, Raul AndresPeralta, Iris EdithSilva, Maria FernandaGalmarini, Claudio RomuloCebollaAllium CepaPolinizaciónNéctarHíbridosRendimientoAbeja MelíferaOnionsPollinationNectarHybridsYieldsHoney BeesHoney bees are the main pollinators of onion crops for seed production, but owing to low attractiveness of flowers, pollination is often inadequate. Pollination problems result in low seed yields. This problem is accentuated when male sterile lines (MSL) are used to produce hybrid onion seeds. In this study, the effect of floral attributes and nectar composition on the preference of honey bees of four MSLs and one onion open pollinated cultivar were assessed. The chemical composition of nectar was described through the analysis of sugars, trace elements, volatile organic compounds, and phenol compounds. The samples studied showed qualitative and quantitative differences in the analyzed traits of flowers and nectar among the different lines. Furthermore, field observations showed a great difference on the number of bee visits and seed yield among the onion lines analyzed. For the first time, this study demonstrates that there are marked differences in the chemical composition of nectar and floral morphology between open pollinated and MSLs and also within MSLs. In addition, these differences were correlated with the number of visits and seed yield. Therefore, it would be possible to select indirectly the most promising productive MSL using simple determinations of chemical compounds or floral morphological characters.EEA La ConsultaFil: Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; ArgentinaFil: Maldonado, Irma Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta; Argentina.Fil: Gil, Raul Andres. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis; ArgentinaFil: Peralta, Iris Edith. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina; Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Silva, Maria Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; ArgentinaFil: Galmarini, Claudio Romulo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaEntomological Society of America2018-11-15T14:39:43Z2018-11-15T14:39:43Z2013-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3904https://academic.oup.com/jee/article-abstract/106/3/1386/841514?redirectedFrom=fulltext0022-04931938-291Xhttps://doi.org/10.1603/EC13096Journal of Economic Entomology 106 (3) : 1386–1394 (June 2013)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess2025-09-04T09:47:42Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/3904instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2025-09-04 09:47:42.363INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Nectar and flower traits of different onion male sterile lines related to pollination efficiency and seed yield of F1 hybrids
title Nectar and flower traits of different onion male sterile lines related to pollination efficiency and seed yield of F1 hybrids
spellingShingle Nectar and flower traits of different onion male sterile lines related to pollination efficiency and seed yield of F1 hybrids
Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
Cebolla
Allium Cepa
Polinización
Néctar
Híbridos
Rendimiento
Abeja Melífera
Onions
Pollination
Nectar
Hybrids
Yields
Honey Bees
title_short Nectar and flower traits of different onion male sterile lines related to pollination efficiency and seed yield of F1 hybrids
title_full Nectar and flower traits of different onion male sterile lines related to pollination efficiency and seed yield of F1 hybrids
title_fullStr Nectar and flower traits of different onion male sterile lines related to pollination efficiency and seed yield of F1 hybrids
title_full_unstemmed Nectar and flower traits of different onion male sterile lines related to pollination efficiency and seed yield of F1 hybrids
title_sort Nectar and flower traits of different onion male sterile lines related to pollination efficiency and seed yield of F1 hybrids
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
Maldonado, Irma Beatriz
Gil, Raul Andres
Peralta, Iris Edith
Silva, Maria Fernanda
Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
author Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
author_facet Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina
Maldonado, Irma Beatriz
Gil, Raul Andres
Peralta, Iris Edith
Silva, Maria Fernanda
Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
author_role author
author2 Maldonado, Irma Beatriz
Gil, Raul Andres
Peralta, Iris Edith
Silva, Maria Fernanda
Galmarini, Claudio Romulo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cebolla
Allium Cepa
Polinización
Néctar
Híbridos
Rendimiento
Abeja Melífera
Onions
Pollination
Nectar
Hybrids
Yields
Honey Bees
topic Cebolla
Allium Cepa
Polinización
Néctar
Híbridos
Rendimiento
Abeja Melífera
Onions
Pollination
Nectar
Hybrids
Yields
Honey Bees
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Honey bees are the main pollinators of onion crops for seed production, but owing to low attractiveness of flowers, pollination is often inadequate. Pollination problems result in low seed yields. This problem is accentuated when male sterile lines (MSL) are used to produce hybrid onion seeds. In this study, the effect of floral attributes and nectar composition on the preference of honey bees of four MSLs and one onion open pollinated cultivar were assessed. The chemical composition of nectar was described through the analysis of sugars, trace elements, volatile organic compounds, and phenol compounds. The samples studied showed qualitative and quantitative differences in the analyzed traits of flowers and nectar among the different lines. Furthermore, field observations showed a great difference on the number of bee visits and seed yield among the onion lines analyzed. For the first time, this study demonstrates that there are marked differences in the chemical composition of nectar and floral morphology between open pollinated and MSLs and also within MSLs. In addition, these differences were correlated with the number of visits and seed yield. Therefore, it would be possible to select indirectly the most promising productive MSL using simple determinations of chemical compounds 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. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; Argentina
Fil: Maldonado, Irma Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta; Argentina.
Fil: Gil, Raul Andres. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico San Luis. Instituto de Química de San Luis; Argentina
Fil: Peralta, Iris Edith. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina; Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Silva, Maria Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza; Argentina
Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Romulo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
description Honey bees are the main pollinators of onion crops for seed production, but owing to low attractiveness of flowers, pollination is often inadequate. Pollination problems result in low seed yields. This problem is accentuated when male sterile lines (MSL) are used to produce hybrid onion seeds. In this study, the effect of floral attributes and nectar composition on the preference of honey bees of four MSLs and one onion open pollinated cultivar were assessed. The chemical composition of nectar was described through the analysis of sugars, trace elements, volatile organic compounds, and phenol compounds. The samples studied showed qualitative and quantitative differences in the analyzed traits of flowers and nectar among the different lines. Furthermore, field observations showed a great difference on the number of bee visits and seed yield among the onion lines analyzed. For the first time, this study demonstrates that there are marked differences in the chemical composition of nectar and floral morphology between open pollinated and MSLs and also within MSLs. In addition, these differences were correlated with the number of visits and seed yield. Therefore, it would be possible to select indirectly the most promising productive MSL using simple determinations of chemical compounds or floral morphological characters.
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