Comparative studies on nectar from two self-fertile and two self-sterile cultivars of quince (Cydonia oblongaMill.) and their attractiveness to honeybees

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Comparative studies on nectar from two self-fertile and two self-sterile cultivars of quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) and their attractiveness to honeybees

Nectar Production and Spectrum of Insect Visitors in Six Varieties of Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) in SE Poland

“…e reproductive success of entomophilous plants species depends on insect activity which is influenced by nectar availability (Denisow et al, 2016(Denisow et al, , 2018Heil, 2011;Liu et al, 2015;Zhao et al, 2014). Studies on nectar production may thus be useful to estimate a plant's attractiveness to pollinators (Masierowska & Piętka, 2014;Nagy-Déri et al, 2013;Schmidt et al, 2015), which in turn affects yield and quality of fruit and seeds (Bożek, 2012;Quinet et al, 2016), even in self-fertile taxa (de O. Milfont et al, 2013;Denisow, 2002).…”