Abstract
The studies on seed yield augmentation of broccoli cv. Palam Samridhi revealed that there was no siliqua and seed setting in pollinators’ exclusion. Numbers of siliquae per plant in open pollination were 28.3 per cent higher than in bee pollination. Siliqua from open pollinated and bee pollinated plants had 12.5 and 10.5 mean number of seeds, respectively. Seed yield per hectare was 51.6 per cent higher in open pollinated plots than in bee pollinated plots. Further studies on the effect of number of Apis mellifera visits on flowers on the seed yield parameters revealed that flowers which received five bee visits resulted in the highest mean number of seeds per siliqua (11.95), thereby contributing 29.35 mg mean seed weight per siliqua. The results conclude that A. mellifera has tremendous contribution in broccoli seed production, however, other insect pollinators also play significant role in broccoli pollination.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Pollinator exclusion produced no siliqua or seed setting.
- Taxon
- broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicat0 - Treatment
- pollinators’ exclusione0
- Outcome
- no siliqua and seed settinge0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“there was no siliqua and seed setting in pollinators’ exclusion”
t0“broccoli”
Claim · model-written summary
Open pollination produced 28.3 per cent more siliquae per plant than bee pollination.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicat0
- Treatment
- open pollinatione0
- Outcome
- Numbers of siliquae per plante0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 28.3 per cente0
- Comparator
- bee pollinatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Numbers of siliquae per plant in open pollination were 28.3 per cent higher than in bee pollination”
t0“broccoli”
Claim · model-written summary
Open-pollinated siliquae had 12.5 mean seeds.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicat0
- Treatment
- open pollinatede0
- Outcome
- mean number of seedse0
- Value
- 12.5e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Siliqua from open pollinated and bee pollinated plants had 12.5 and 10.5 mean number of seeds, respectively”
t0“broccoli”
Claim · model-written summary
Bee-pollinated siliquae had 10.5 mean seeds.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicat0
- Treatment
- bee pollinatede0
- Outcome
- mean number of seedse0
- Value
- 10.5e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Siliqua from open pollinated and bee pollinated plants had 12.5 and 10.5 mean number of seeds, respectively”
t0“broccoli”
Claim · model-written summary
Open pollination raised seed yield per hectare by 51.6 per cent relative to bee pollination.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicat0
- Treatment
- open pollinated plotse0
- Outcome
- Seed yield per hectaree0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 51.6 per cente0
- Comparator
- bee pollinated plotse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seed yield per hectare was 51.6 per cent higher in open pollinated plots than in bee pollinated plots”
t0“broccoli”
Claim · model-written summary
Five bee visits yielded the highest mean seeds per siliqua, 11.95.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicat0
- Treatment
- five bee visitse0
- Interactor
- bee
_Apis_mellifera_(female)_-_on_viburnum_tinus_flowers.jpg?width=60)
Apis melliferae0pollinator - Outcome
- mean number of seeds per siliquae0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 11.95e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_Apis_mellifera_(female)_-_on_viburnum_tinus_flowers.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“flowers which received five bee visits resulted in the highest mean number of seeds per siliqua (11.95)”
t0“broccoli”
Claim · model-written summary
Five bee visits yielded 29.35 mg mean seed weight per siliqua.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicat0
- Treatment
- five bee visitse0
- Interactor
- beeApis melliferae0pollinator
- Outcome
- mean seed weight per siliquae0
- Value
- 29.35 mge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“flowers which received five bee visits resulted in the highest mean number of seeds per siliqua (11.95), thereby contributing 29.35 mg mean seed weight per siliqua”
t0“broccoli”
Claim · model-written summary
Other insect pollinators also contribute significantly to broccoli pollination.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicae0
- Interactor
- insect pollinatorse0pollinator
- Outcome
- broccoli pollinatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“other insect pollinators also play significant role in broccoli pollination”
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