Floral visits of the wild bee, <i>Lithurgus atratus</i>, impact yield and seed germinability of okra, <i>Abelmoschus esculentus</i>, in Sri Lanka

Bee-pollinated crops in landscapes with a low abundance of bees suffer from insufficient pollination. The present study investigates the effect of wild bee pollination on fruit and seed production in okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench. The study was conducted in a home garden, where an okra fi...

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Main Authors: Shashini Perera, Inoka Karunaratne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Enviroquest Ltd. 2019-02-01
Series:Journal of Pollination Ecology
Online Access:https://pollinationecology.org/index.php/jpe/article/view/503