Pollination of Cherimoya (<i>Annona cherimola</i> Mill.) by the Mass-propagated Beetles <i>Haptoncus ocularis, Mimemodes monstrosus,</i> and <i>Carpophilus marginellus</i>

• HIGUCHI Hirokazu

  Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

• TSUKADA Morio

  Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University

• NINOMIYA Tomoko

  Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

• FURUKAWA Takayuki

  Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University

• YOSHIDA Akihiro

  Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University

• KURIYAMA Masafumi

  Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University

抄録

Insect pollination of cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.) was evaluated using artificially propagated Haptoncus ocularis, Mimemodes monstrosus, and Carpophilus marginellus beetles, which are some of the main insect visitors to cherimoya grown on the Japanese mainland. Among these species, both H. ocularis and C. marginellus proved to be good pollinators leading to more seed formation and better fruit set. The harvested fruits obtained following the release of either of these two species were similar in size to hand-pollinated fruits, although the release of C. marginellus led to a better fruit set than the release of H. ocularis. The release of these species at about five individuals per flower, or possibly less for C. marginellus, under ideal cool and humid environmental conditions may be sufficient for the effective pollination of cherimoya.

収録刊行物

• Tropical Agriculture and Development

  Tropical Agriculture and Development 58 (1), 18-25, 2014

  日本熱帯農業学会

キーワード

• Annonaceae
• Cantharophyly
• Fruit set
• Nitidulid beetle
• Pollinator density

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282680274319616
• NII論文ID: 130004952943
• DOI: 10.11248/jsta.58.18
• ISSN: 18828469
• ISSN: 18828450
• 本文言語コード: en
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