National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The studies were conducted to determine the impact of pollinators on the production of Pigeonpea, Cajanus cajan L. during 2013-14 and 2014-15. Studies on pollinator complex revealed that C. cajan flowers attracted 15 species of insects belonging to five families, 7 genera and three orders. The insect belongs to order Hymenoptera were most abundant. Of all the bees, megachilid bees were most abundant and compared more than 50 % of the total flower visiting insects followed by honeybees 39.4 % and anthophorid bees 6.6 %. The insects belonging to order Lepidoptera and Diptera which were reported in very small numbers at interrupted hours. The studies revealed that bee pollination was superior to all other treatments in improving qualitative and quantitative parameters of C. cajan crops in the order: bee pollination > open pollination > hand pollination > self-pollination > Carbaryl 50 WP 0.1 % + Open pollination > Imidacloprid 17.8 SL 0.05 % + Open pollination.
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