Native bees pollinate tomato flowers and increase fruit production

The tomato plant has a specific relationship with native pollinators because the form of its flowers is adapted to buzz pollination carried out by some pollen-gatherer bees that vibrate their indirect flight muscles to obtain that floral resource. The absence and the low density of these bees in tom...

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Main Authors: Edivani Villaron Franceschinelli, Carlos Melo Silva Neto, Flaviana Gomes Lima, Bruno Bastos Gonçalves, Leonardo Lima Bergamini, Barbara Araújo Ribeiro Bergamini, Marcos Antônio Elias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Enviroquest Ltd. 2013-10-01
Series:Journal of Pollination Ecology
Online Access:https://pollinationecology.org/index.php/jpe/article/view/251