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Effect of Insect Pollinators for Chinese jujube (Zizyphus jujuba var. inermis (Bunge) Rehder) in Rain shelter house (대추 비가림하우스 내 화분매개곤충의 수분 특성 및 효과)

  • Oh, Ha Kyung;Lee, Jong Won;Kim, Chung Woo;Lee, Kyeong Hee;Lee, Seong Kyun;Kim, Sang Hee;Yoon, Hyung Joo;Lee, Kyeong Yong
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.56 no.4
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    • pp.365-370
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    • 2017

  • The flowering season of jujube (Zizyphus jujuba var. inermis (Bunge) Rehder) is overlaps with the rainy season and the abnormal weather conditions in Korea, thereby affecting pollination, fertilization, and fruit setting. We studied the pollinating activities of Apis mellifera L. and Bombus terrestris L. in rain shelter houses and their effects on fruit setting, with the ultimate aim of stabilizing fruit setting in Z. jujuba. A. mellifera and B. terrestirs were used for pollination in jujube orchard in the rain shelter house for approximately 55 days from June 1, 2016, to July 25, 2016. The peak time of the rate of outgoing and incoming A. mellifera was recorded in the afternoon. However, the diurnal activity of B. terrestris was constant between 09:30 and 17:30 h. The rate of jujube fruit set on current shoots by A. mellifera and B. terrestirs was 10.2 and 8.9%, whereas that in plots with no pollinators was 5.5%. Therefore, using pollinator in the rain shelter house in jujube orchard is effective in promoting jujube fruit setting.

  • https://doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2017.10.0.034 인용 PDF KSCI