Balachandran, C and Subash Chandran, MD and Vinay, S and Shrikant, Naik and Ranachandra, T V (2017) Pollinator diversity and foraging dynamics on monsoon crop of cucurbits in a traditional landscape of South Indian west coast. In: BIOTROPIA, 24 (1). pp. 16-27. ISSN 02156334
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Abstract
Studies on insect pollinator ecology and dynamics are very rarely carried out in traditional Indian agriculture landscapes. Indiscriminate landscape changes in the rural areas and tendencies towards crop monocultures can have significant effects on pollinator habitats and effectiveness. This study was aimed at observing insect pollinators, their visitation frequencies and timings on monsoon cucurbit crops such as Cucumis sativus L., C. Pubescens Willd., Momordica charantia L., Trichonsanthes anguina L. And Luffa acutangula L. (Roxb.), in a coastal Karnataka Village. This study was also aimed at covering the significance of the surrounding landscape elements in sustaining pollinator elements. Bees, such as Apis dorsata, A. Cerana and Trigrrna sp., were maj or visitors on all cucurbits, except snake gourd which was pollinated mainly by lepidopterans. Insect species were found to partition floral resources of any given crops between them by minimal overlapping in their visitation timings. Natural elements of the landscape around, mainly a village forest and rocky savanna furnished habitats for bees and lepidopterans. Prolifically blooming monsoon herbs on lateritic plateaus, by providing nectar resources for pollinators, presumably play key role in making the case study village well known for monsoon vegetables.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | BIOTROPIA |
| Publisher: | Seameo Biotrop |
| Additional Information: | The Copyright of this article belongs to the Authors. |
| Keywords: | Agroecosystem; Crop pollination; Cucurbits; Foraging behavior; Landscape; Laterite |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2022 06:46 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jun 2022 06:46 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/73496 |
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