Onion is the second most cultivated vegetable crop in the world. Two types of onion varieties are usually grown around the world; open pollinated (OP) and first generation (F1) hybrids. Honey bees are the main pollinators ...

Onion is the second most cultivated vegetable crop in the world. Two types of onion varieties are usually grown around the world; open pollinated (OP) and first generation (F1) hybrids. Honey bees are the main pollinators ...

Honey bees are the main pollinators of onion crops for seed production, but owing to low attractiveness of flowers, pollination is often inadequate. Pollination problems result in low seed yields. This problem is accentuated ...

Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the main vegetable crops. Pollinators are required for onion seed production, being honeybees the most used. Around the world, two types of onion varieties are grown: open pollinated (OP) ...

The honey bee is the most frequently used species in pollination services for diverse crops. In onion crops (Allium cepa), however, bees avoid visiting certain varieties, being attracted differently to male sterile (MS) ...

Onion is an important vegetable crop which depends heavily on cross-pollinating insects for any significant increase in seed production. Nectar is the most important floral reward offered by plants. Minor components such ...

Onion is an important vegetable crop which depends heavily on cross-pollinating insects for any significant increase in seed production. Nectar is the most important floral reward offered by plants. Minor components such ...

In this study, a simple and solvent-free method using headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) was developed for determination of the volatile compounds from fresh flowers ...

Nectar is the most important floral reward offered by plants to insects. Minor components such as alkaloid compounds in nectar affect bee foraging, with great influence in seed production. CE is an advantageous tool for ...

Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the main vegetable crops. Pollinators are required for onion seed production, being honeybees the most used. Around the world, two types of onion varieties are grown: open pollinated (OP) ...