Open AccessBlooming biology and sugar efficiency of two cultivars of Lonicera kamtschatica (Sevast.) Pojark.
Author(s) -
Małgorzata Bożek,
J. Wieniarska
Publication year - 2012
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.2006.018
Subject(s) - cultivar , nectar , sugar , biology , horticulture , botany , pollen , food science
The studies on the period and abundance of blooming, flower development, as well as nectar productivity of two cultivars of Lonicera kamtschatica (Sevast.) Pojark. were carried out in 2004-2005 in Lublin. The investigated plants bloomed between the third decade of April and the middle of May. The life span of protogynous flowers was about 4-5 days. The mean amount of sugars secreted by 10 flowers of the examined cultivars ranged from 17.77 mg to 28.31 mg. The sugars yield amounted to from 44.08 to 67.81 kg.ha-1. Flowers of the investigated plants were a good nectar source for honeybees and bumblebees