Application of Asiatic Honey Bees (Apis cerana) and Stingless Bees (Trigona laeviceps) as Pollinator Agents of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) at Local Indonesia Farm System
Joint Authors
Putra, Ramadhani Eka
Permana, Agus Dana
Kinasih, Ida
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-12-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In Indonesia, hot pepper (Capsicum annuum) is one of the most important spices.
Despite the fact that high yield cultivars and fertilizers have been applied to increase the annual production of this spice, local farming is always unable to maintain constant production.
Studies to find the explanation of this problem mostly focused on pest attack while possibility of low fruit production due to lack of pollination was neglected.
In this study, the effect of pollinator visitation to fruit set and quality was assessed by application of two local domesticated honey bees, Asiatic honey bees (Apis cerana) and stingless bees (Trigona laeviceps) as potential pollinator agents at hot pepper plantation.
This study found that both bees had similar visitation rate while A.
cerana spend less time in flowers.
Visitation by A.
cerana and Trigona laeviceps improved fruit set, fruit production per plant, average fruit weight, and fruit size.
This result confirms the importance of cross pollination for hot pepper production and both species could be used as pollination agent for hot pepper.
Advantages and disadvantages for each species as pollination agent for local Indonesia farm system are discussed in this paper.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Putra, Ramadhani Eka& Permana, Agus Dana& Kinasih, Ida. 2014. Application of Asiatic Honey Bees (Apis cerana) and Stingless Bees (Trigona laeviceps) as Pollinator Agents of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) at Local Indonesia Farm System. Psyche،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Putra, Ramadhani Eka…[et al.]. Application of Asiatic Honey Bees (Apis cerana) and Stingless Bees (Trigona laeviceps) as Pollinator Agents of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) at Local Indonesia Farm System. Psyche No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1047354
American Medical Association (AMA)
Putra, Ramadhani Eka& Permana, Agus Dana& Kinasih, Ida. Application of Asiatic Honey Bees (Apis cerana) and Stingless Bees (Trigona laeviceps) as Pollinator Agents of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) at Local Indonesia Farm System. Psyche. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1047354
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1047354