Claim · model-written summary
M. bocandei pollination produced the largest and heaviest cucumber fruits and highest seed numbers.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Outcome
- largest and heaviest fruits and the highest seed numberse0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“pollination by this species yielded the largest and heaviest fruits and the highest seed numbers”
t0“cucumber”
Title
Nkoba Kiatoko; Maria I. Pozo; Annette Van Oystaeyen; et al. Journal of Apicultural Research 2022. doi:10.1080/00218839.2021.2013421
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Honey bees and D. schmidti began foraging when introduced.
- Observation M. lendliana and M. togoensis had the longest foraging delay.
- Observation Most species collected nectar and pollen.
- Observation M. bocandei specialized in nectar collection.
- Observation H. gribodoi and M. togoensis specialized in pollen collection.
- Observation African honey bees made the shortest flower visits.
- Observation H. gribodoi and D. schmidti had roughly twice the probing time.
- Observation Most stingless bee species had fewer foragers per hour than honey bees, except D. schmidti.
- Observation Pollination by four named bees yielded around 90% seed germination.
- Observation Pollination by three named bees yielded around 30% seed germination.
- Observation Four pollinator groups produced fruits with the highest sugar content and the same solid content as hand cross pollination.
- Recommendation The authors judged M. bocandei the most efficient cucumber pollinator tested.