Efficiency of using electric toothbrush as an alternative to a tuning fork for artificial buzz pollination is independent of instrument buzzing frequency
Abstract Background Breeding programs and research activities where artificial buzz-pollinations are required to have primarily relied upon using tuning forks, and bumble bees. However, these methods can be expensive, unreliable, and inefficient. To find an alternative, we tested the efficiency of p...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Ecology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00278-7 |