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PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA
Volume 40, Issue 12, Pages 1197-1201Publisher
EMPRESA BRASIL PESQ AGROPEC
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2005001200006
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meliponin; caged environment; sweet pepper flower
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The present study was carried out in Northeastern Region of Brazil, in order to investigate the use of stingless bee Melipona subititida Ducke in the pollination of greenhouse sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). Treatments of hand cross-pollination, hand self-pollination, pollination by bees and restricted pollination were performed. Results showed that despite sweet pepper flowers are considered autogamous, this crop benefits from pollination by M. subnitida, producing fruits significantly heavier and wider, containing a greater number of seeds and of better quality (lower percentage of malformed fruits) than self-pollinated sweet pepper. Thus, M. subnitida can be considered an efficient pollinator of greenhouse sweet pepper.
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