Nature and Frequency of Visit of Pollinators in Sunflower

N.Rajamohan; C.Ramakrishnan; T.R.Subramaniam

doi:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.003074

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Nature and Frequency of Visit of Pollinators in Sunflower

N.Rajamohan C.Ramakrishnan T.R.Subramaniam

Volume : 62

Issue: May-may

Pages: 273 - 277

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.003074

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Abstract

An attempt made to study the pollinators of sunflower revealed that honey been viz.Melipona iridipennis Sm.Apis cerana indica Fab.Apis drsata Fab.and Apis flored Fab.were the frequent visitors to the crop.Their pollen and nectar gathering behaviour were described.in general .the frequency of visit of all pollinators in a flower head was observed to increase and was maximum between six to eleven days after the initiation of florest opening their visits being reduced after all the florets opened.

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https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.003074

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273 - 277

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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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