Studies on impact of different pollinators in pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch. ex Poir)
Author(s):
Bendangsenla Longkumer, Hijam Shila Devi, Avinash Chauhan, Pankaj Neog and M Somorjit Singh
Abstract:
A research investigation was conducted to study the impact of different pollinators in pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch. ex Poir). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 4 replication and 6 treatments viz., Apis mellifera, Apis cerana, Tetragonula iridipennis, Lepidotrigona arcifera including open pollinated and control. The foraging rate and foraging speed was found to be highest in Apis cerana as compared to other pollinators. From pollination efficiency index (PEI) of the pollinators, it revealed that Apis cerana had the highest pollination efficiency and least efficiency was found to be T. iridipennis and L. arcifera. Experimental findings revealed that the bee pollinated plots were much higher in fruit setting as compared to natural pollination. T₂ (caged with A cerana) had the maximum percent fruit (77.50%), fruit length (20.17 cm), healthy fruit (89.73%), number of seeds (162), weight of 100 seeds (15.63 g) and fruit weight (1.71 kg). However, crooked fruit% was recorded to be highest in T₅ i.e., open pollination. The A. cerana bee pollinated treatments resulted in numerous increases in all parameters over control plots.
How to cite this article:
Bendangsenla Longkumer, Hijam Shila Devi, Avinash Chauhan, Pankaj Neog, M Somorjit Singh. Studies on impact of different pollinators in pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch. ex Poir). Pharma Innovation 2024;13(12):170-174.