çolak, ayşen melda usak university - faculty of agriculture and natural science - department of horticulture, Turkey , şahinler, nuray usak university - faculty of agriculture and natural science - department of animal science, Turkey , islamoğlu, mahmut usak university - faculty of agriculture and natural science - department of plant protection, Turkey

The Effect of Honeybee Pollination on Productivity and Quality of Strawberry

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90% of the food stuff all around the world is obtained from plants. 77 % of these plant needs pollination by bees. Therefore, in order to achieve sufficient pollination, bee colonies are needed in florescence period. When pollination and fertilization do not occur in many species of horticultural crops, abscission takes place without the fruit’s being able to complete its devolopment. In conditions where fecundation is insufficent, the shape of the fruits is deformed and product quality is low even if the fruits remain on the plant as a result of the formation of a few ovules.The quality and quantity of the productare directly affected by the formation, development, pollination and fertilization of flowers in horticutural crops such as apple, pear, strawberry, fig, kiwi, tomato, egg plant and pepper.When enough attention is paid to pollination, production growth in angio spermae is observed. In this study, according to the data obtained from a study conducted in order to determine the effect of honeybees on pollination and fecundation of strawberry in Usak province between 2014 and 2016, a considerable increase in quality and a homogeneity in strawberry fruit were observed and 1248.6 g of productivity was obtained in strawberries with bee pollination, while 970.33 g of productivity was obtained in strawberries without bee pollination.

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Strawberry , bees , yield , quality

Alınteri Journal Of Agricultural Science

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