Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30362
Title: Understanding pollinator foraging behaviour and transition rates between flowers is important to maximize seed set in hybrid crops
Contributor(s): Gagic, Vesna (author); Kirkland, Lindsey  (author); Kendall, Liam K  (author)orcid ; Jones, Jeremy  (author); Kirkland, Jeffrey  (author); Spurr, Cameron (author); Rader, Romina  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2021-02
Early Online Version: 2020-08-17
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-020-00800-2
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30362
Abstract: Hybrid cauliflower production predominately relies on pollen transfer from hermaphrodite to female lines by honeybees. However, the presence of other pollinators may impact pollination success. Here, we investigate how honeybee visitation frequency and behaviour vary with plant sex and presence of blowflies and affect seed and pod set. We found substantial pollen limitation when honeybees were alone. This was likely due to their higher visitation to hermaphrodite flowers, infrequent transition from hermaphrodite to female flowers and high nectar theft in female flowers. Pollen foragers fed on nectar on hermaphrodite, but not female flowers. Moreover, when blowflies were present, the seed set was lower than that with honeybees alone. Our study highlights the importance of understanding the plant mating system and pollinator foraging behaviour with and without other species present in order to maximize seed set in hybrid crops.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Grant Details: ARC/DE170101349
Source of Publication: Apidologie, 52(1), p. 89-100
Publisher: Springer-Verlag France
Place of Publication: France
ISSN: 1297-9678
0044-8435
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070107 Farming Systems Research
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 300413 Pollination biology and systems
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960804 Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity
960504 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 180606 Terrestrial biodiversity
180601 Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Environmental and Rural Science
School of Science and Technology

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