Pollination biology of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. (Fabaceae : Mimosoideae) with reference to insect floral visitors
Joint Authors
Said, Shafqat
Ghramh, Hamid Ali
Ali, Muqarrab
Abd al-Latif
Malik, Said Ahmad
Zaka, Sayyid Muhammad
Sarwar, Zahid Mahmud
Azhar, Muhammad Faruq
Javaid, Muhammad
Ishtiaq, Muhammad
Naim Allah, Unsar
Naoreen, Mamunah
Shahzad, Muhammad Ahmad
Khan, Khalid Ali
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 26, Issue 7 (30 Nov. 2019), pp.1548-1552, 5 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2019-11-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Indian siris, Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.
(Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) has significant importance to human beings for its multipurpose use.
Insects play a crucial role in the pollination biology of flowering plants.
In the current study, we studied the pollination biology of A.
lebbeck with special reference to insect floral visitors.
The effectiveness of floral visitors was investigated in term of visitation frequency, visitation rate and pollen load during 2012 and 2013.
In the second experiment, effect of pollinators on yield of A.
lebbeck was studied in open and cage pollination experiments.
Floral visitor fauna of A.
lebbeck included eight-bees, two wasps, two flies, and two butterflies species.
Among them, Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Amegilla cingulata, and Nomia oxybeloides had maximum abundance ranging from 349–492, 339–428, 291–342 and 235–255 numbers of individuals, respectively during two flowering seasons.
A.
dorsata had the highest visitation frequency (6.44 ± 0.49–8.78 ± 0.48 visits/flower/5min) followed by Amegilla cingulata (6.03 ± 0.43–7.99 ± 0.33 visits/flower/5min) and A.
florea (3.61 ± 0.31–4.44 ± 0.18 visits/flower/5min).
A.
dorsata, N.
oxybeloides, and Amegilla cingulata had the highest visitation rates (18.904 ± 1.53–11.43 ± 1.17 flower visited/min) and pollen load (15333 ± 336.22–19243 ± 648.45 pollen grains).
The open pollinated flowers had significantly higher capsule weight (4.97 ± 0.21 g), seed weight (1.04 ± 0.05 g), seed numbers per pod (9.80 ± 0.34) and seed germination percentage (84.0 ± 1.78%) as compared to caged flowers.
The results suggested bees especially A.
dorsata, N.
oxybeloides and Amegilla cingulata could be effective pollinators of A.
lebbeck.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Latif& Malik, Said Ahmad& Said, Shafqat& Zaka, Sayyid Muhammad& Sarwar, Zahid Mahmud& Ali, Muqarrab…[et al.]. 2019. Pollination biology of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. (Fabaceae : Mimosoideae) with reference to insect floral visitors. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 26, no. 7, pp.1548-1552.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-910171
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zaka, Sayyid Muhammad…[et al.]. Pollination biology of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. (Fabaceae : Mimosoideae) with reference to insect floral visitors. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 26, no. 7 (Nov. 2019), pp.1548-1552.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-910171
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Latif& Malik, Said Ahmad& Said, Shafqat& Zaka, Sayyid Muhammad& Sarwar, Zahid Mahmud& Ali, Muqarrab…[et al.]. Pollination biology of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. (Fabaceae : Mimosoideae) with reference to insect floral visitors. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2019. Vol. 26, no. 7, pp.1548-1552.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-910171
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 1552
Record ID
BIM-910171