Effect of the Blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on the size and weight of Mango (Mangifera indica L.)
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- Agricultural Science, Ecology, Entomology
- Keywords
- Mango, Pollination
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- © 2016 Saeed et al.
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- 2016. Effect of the Blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on the size and weight of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) PeerJ PrePrints 4:e1683v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1683v1
Abstract
Background: Pollination has a great effect on the yield of fruit trees. Blowflies are considered as an effective pollinator compared to hand pollination in fruit orchards. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the effect of different pollination methods in mango orchards. Methodology: The impact of pollination on quantity and quality of mango yield by blowflies was estimated by using three treatments, i.e., open pollinated trees, trees were covered by a net in the presence of blowflies for pollination, and trees were covered with a net but without insects. Results: The maximum number of flowers was recorded in irregular type of inflorescence, i.e., 434.80flowers/inflorescence. Fruit setting (bud) was higher in open pollinated mango tree (i.e. 37.00/inflorescence) than enclosed pollination by blowflies (i.e. 22.34/inflorescence). The size of the mango fruit was the highest (5.06mm) in open pollinated tree than the pollinated by blowflies (3.93mm) and followed by without any pollinator (3.18mm) at marble stage. We found maximum weight of mango fruit (201.19g) in open pollinated trees. Discussion: The results demonstrated that blowflies can be used as effective mango pollinators along with other bees. The blowflies have shown a positive impact on the quality and quantity of mango. This study will be helpful in future and also applicable at farm level to use blow flies as pollinators that are cheap and easy to rear.
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