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Some aspects of pollination of oil-seed rape (Brassica napus L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

D. Eisikowitch
D. Eisikowitch
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biology, Cambridge
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Summary

The self-fertile cultivar of swede rape (Brassica napus) Maris Haplona does not usually autopollinate. The entomophilie pollen grains cannot be transferred by wind alone; anthers when flicked by insects or artificially under dry conditions behave like catapults raising a cloud of pollen grains.

Variability in the concentration of sugar in its two types of nectaries (within a single flower) may increase the range of visiting insects. All visiting insects, including honey bees, carried out pollination; it is suggested that beehives should be placed in fields of oil-seed rape in order to increase pollination.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 96 , Issue 2 , April 1981 , pp. 321 - 326
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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