Open AccessStructure of floral nectaries, nectar production and sugar composition in nectar of 7 species of Vicia L. Fabaceae
Author(s) -
Małgorzata Stpiczyńska,
J. Pielecki
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta agrobotanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2300-357X
pISSN - 0065-0951
DOI - 10.5586/aa.1999.006
Subject(s) - nectar , biology , sugar , botany , fabaceae , vicia sativa , vicia villosa , horticulture , agronomy , food science , pollen , cover crop
Nectaries of investigated species of Vicia were ranked into 3 morphological types: automorphic (V. sepium L.), transitoric (V. angustifolia L., V. sativa L., V. villosa Roth, V. cracca L.) and flat, epimorphic (V. hirsuta (L.) S. F. Gray and V. tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.). The best nectaring was connected with well defined nectary structure, and moreover quantity of nectar was correlated with nectary size but was not depended on number of secretory stomata. Sucrose dominated in the nectar of 6 species of vetches, the exception was balanced nectar of V. tetrasperma