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Effects of Honey Bee Pollination on Seed Yield and Chemical Composition of Two Sesame Varieties in Egypt

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Agricultural Economic Entomology

Abstract

      The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of open pollination by honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) on the seed yield of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). Moreover, Germination Speed Index (GSI), Germination Percentage (GP), and chemical composition of seeds that produced from open and caged treatments were determined. The obtained results showed that the open pollination led to increase the number of pods/plant, weight of seeds/plant, mean yield/feddan, and seed index (weight of 1000 seeds) than those produced from caged treatment for both varieties of sesame. Also, the presence and visitation of honey bees had a good influence on the (GSI) of produced seeds. The values of this parameter were 23.42 and 23.84% in open pollinated areas compared with 17.08 and 17.09% in caged ones of both sesame varieties, Taka 1 and Taka 2, respectively. Nearly, the same effect was observed for the (GP) which was higher in seeds of open plots (95.0 and 96.0%) than those produced from caged ones (75.0 and 77.0%) for the both mentioned varieties of sesame, respectively. Furthermore, application of open pollination in plots was induced to improvement the chemical composition of seeds. Where total lipids, crude protein, and carbohydrates of open plot seeds increased in comparison with seeds produced from caged treatment for both varieties of sesame.

DOI

10.21608/ejarc.2024.347442

Keywords

Honey bee, pollination, Pollen, nectar, sesame, yield, Germination

Authors

First Name

Mohammad

Last Name

Abd Alfattah

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt

Email

a_alfattah@yahoo.com

City

Giza - Egypt

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El-Masarawy

MiddleName

Salah

Affiliation

Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides - Faculty of Agriculture - Cairo University - Egypt

Email

mohamedelmasarawy@gmail.com

City

Cairo - Egypt

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Volume

75

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

45929

Issue Date

2024-01-01

Receive Date

2024-01-06

Publish Date

2024-01-01

Page Start

67

Page End

77

Print ISSN

2812-4847

Online ISSN

2812-4855

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https://ejarc.journals.ekb.eg/article_347442.html

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347,442

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Research articles

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2,144

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Publication Link

https://ejarc.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effects of Honey Bee Pollination on Seed Yield and Chemical Composition of Two Sesame Varieties in Egypt

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28 Dec 2024