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- Title
NECTAR PRODUCTION IN SPECIES OF THE GENUS GALANTHUS L. (AMARYLLIDACEAE) FROM SERBIA.
- Authors
Jovanović, Filip; Obratov-Petković, Dragica; Mačukanović-Jocić, Marina
- Abstract
As a contribution to the study of the melliferous flora of Serbia, nectar production in two species of the genus Galanthus L. (G. nivalis L., and G. ?lwesii Hook.) was investigated. The intensity of nectar secretion was determined directly, using the microcapillary method. The study included determination of the total daily nectar amount per flower, and an analysis of nectar secretion dynamics during the day and during the flower ontogeny. The results show that the total daily amount of nectar per flower is low, and flowers of both species exude nectar only once during the day and during the flower ontogeny. However, despite the low nectar production, Galanthus species represent a first valuable source of nectar and pollen to pollinators in the early spring period, when only a small number of species are in the flowering phenophase.
- Publication
Bulletin of the Faculty of Forestry / Glasnik Šumarskog Fakulteta, 2014, Vol 109, p85
- ISSN
0353-4537
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2298/GSF1409085J