Vol. 8, Special Issue 6 (2020)
Mountain landscapes, foraging behaviour and visitation frequencies of insect pollinators on peach (Prunus persia)
Author(s): Showket A Dar, Sajad H Wani, Kounser Javeed, Sajad H Mir, Munazah Yaqoob, Abid Showkat, Ajaz A Kundoo, Rohie Hassan, Umer Bin Farook and Tajamul Islam
Abstract: The pollination services provided by wild insect fauna in peach depends on many factors, among them the diverse landscapes and habitat diversity is of immense importance contributing to foraging characteristics and hourly visitation frequencies. A considerable variation existed in visitation rate; total visits, percent visitation and total time spend on peach flowers by insect pollinators/visitors during our course of study in low maintained mountainous landscapes. Flower handling times consumed by species created a significant variation between total visitation and visitation rate. Most species prefer to collect pollen however the nectar is main reward from flowers, therefore time per flower sought by hymenopteran species were inherently shorter than lepidopteran and dipteran species. Among the members of genus Lasioglossum the total visits, visitation rate and per cent visitation were found highest by species L. marginatum and overall the order hymenoptera showed comparatively higher visitation rate, total visits and per cent visitation on peach flowers. From members of family Apidae species Xylocopa valga and X. violacea makes highest number of total visits followed by family Halictidae. During the two years of studies, almost 95% of the available peach flowers were visited by foraging wild bees varied significantly as per ANOVA; however, the statistical significance across two years of investigation varies too. The time spend by pollinators/visitors on peach flower bout varies among different species. Rank dominance curve (K-dominance curve) were determined with respect to species abundance and inferences were drawn species wise.
DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i6a.10916
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Showket A Dar, Sajad H Wani, Kounser Javeed, Sajad H Mir, Munazah Yaqoob, Abid Showkat, Ajaz A Kundoo, Rohie Hassan, Umer Bin Farook and Tajamul Islam. Mountain landscapes, foraging behaviour and visitation frequencies of insect pollinators on peach (Prunus persia). International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2020; 8(6): 42-49. DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i6a.10916
