Native bees pollinate tomato flowers and increase fruit production

摘要: 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 obtain floral resource. absence and low density these in fields can lead deficits for crop. aim this study demonstrate open flowers, probably visited pollinator, have greater pollen load on stigma than unvisited flowers. Another objective show great increases fruit production. We selected crops Italian cultivar areas State Goias, Brazil. Thirty seven plants three each had one inflorescence bagged field. Bagged non-bagged stigmas collected amount surfaces was quantified. For comparison production, we monitored not-bagged inflorescences after 40 days, fruits were counted, weighed, measured seeds counted. grains available higher On average, production larger inflorescences. In addition, produced heavier did There significant difference number between treatments, significantly more fruit. Our results buzz-pollinate increasing consequently quality.