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DOI	10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.035
	Characterization of pollen profile of Apis mellifera L. in arid region of Pakistan
	Begum, Hussan Ara; Iqbal, Jamshed; Aziz, Asif
通讯作者	Begum, HA (corresponding author), Gomal Univ, Fac Agr, Dept Entomol, Dikhan, Pakistan.
来源期刊	SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	1319-562X
EISSN	2213-7106
出版年	2021
卷号	28 期号:5 页码:2964-2974
英文摘要	Honeybees rely exclusively on pollen and nectar-producing plants for strengthening their colonies and manufacturing honey. Little is known about the indigenous melliferous flora of arid zones of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) which is crucial for honey production and how different pollen assessment techniques effect the identification of indigenous melliferous pollen flora. Visual survey and loads ensnaring through pollen traps were used to identify the botanical profile of melliferous pollen flora of Dera Ismail Khan (DIKhan), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The test time extended for two consecutive years 2018 and 2019. The study revealed 56 plant species as pollen flora with 18 significant pollen producing species in visual survey technique while 8 species as predominant flora in pollen trapping technique. The major pollen species found common in both the techniques were Brassica napus L., Brassica campestris L., Trifolium alaxandrinum L., Zea mays L., Acacia modesta L., Citrus aurantium L., Euclyptus spp., and Morus alba L. Pollen interception and palynological analysis of pollen were found to be more reliable techniques as compared to focal observations. More than fifty % differences were found by comparing the results of the visual survey and pollen trapping technique in major flora of DIKhan. Based on the availability, utility status and flowering duration of apiphilic flora, mid-February to mid-May was found to be a significant pollen flow period in the study area. Maximum benefit can be taken in this period through trapping ample amount of pollen and stored for using in artificial diets, selling and feeding bees during dearth period. ? 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
英文关键词	Apis mellifera L DIKhan Pollen profile Visual survey Loads ensnaring
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000646451000011
WOS关键词	HONEY-BEES ; FORAGING STRATEGY ; STINGLESS BEES ; WESTERN-GHATS ; APIDAE ; HYMENOPTERA ; DISTRICT ; TRAPS ; LOADS ; FLORA
WOS类目	Biology
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351616
作者单位	[Begum, Hussan Ara; Iqbal, Jamshed] Gomal Univ, Fac Agr, Dept Entomol, Dikhan, Pakistan; [Aziz, Asif] PMAS Arid Agr Univ Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Begum, Hussan Ara,Iqbal, Jamshed,Aziz, Asif. Characterization of pollen profile of Apis mellifera L. in arid region of Pakistan[J],2021,28(5):2964-2974.
APA	Begum, Hussan Ara,Iqbal, Jamshed,&Aziz, Asif.(2021).Characterization of pollen profile of Apis mellifera L. in arid region of Pakistan.SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,28(5),2964-2974.
MLA	Begum, Hussan Ara,et al."Characterization of pollen profile of Apis mellifera L. in arid region of Pakistan".SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 28.5(2021):2964-2974.