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The effect Of insect pollination on plant development and seed production in winter oil-seed rape (Brassica napus L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Ingrid H. Williams ,
A. P. Martin  and
R. P. White
Ingrid H. Williams
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
A. P. Martin
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
R. P. White
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
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Summary

The effect of insect pollination on plant development and seed yield of winter oil-seed rape, cultivar Jet Neuf, was investigated by comparing plots caged with a honeybee colony, plots caged to exclude insects and plots uncaged and 'open-pollinated' by naturally occurring insects. Plants in the bee-pollinated plots finished flowering earlier, showed more advanced pod growth, and were shorter than those in the plots without bees. Pods from the plots with honeybees contained more seed post-flowering than those from plots without honeybees but the proportion of them that grew into mature seeds for harvest was determined by water availability during seed growth.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 109 , Issue 1 , August 1987 , pp. 135 - 139
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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