Nectar production of quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) cultivars

dc.contributor.authorBenedek, P.
dc.contributor.authorSzabó, T.
dc.contributor.authorNyéki, J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-28T09:57:34Z
dc.date.available2021-06-28T09:57:34Z
dc.date.issued2000-06-06
dc.description.abstractNectar production of six quince cultivars were measured during three consecutive years. The nectar production of quince can be regarded to be small compared to other temperate zone fruit tree species since quince flowers contained 1.07 ± 0.06 mg of nectar in average. The extreme values, however, ranged between 0.1 and 7.3 mg/flower and this indicated that the nectar production was highly variable. The distribution of the nectar production was definitely skew because low values were definitely much more frequent than the highest ones. Our findings do not corroborate the earlier statements on the high sugar concentration of quince nectar. We found some 21-27% sugar in average, only. The normal distribution of the sugar concentration also indicates that the typical sugar concentration may be between 20-30%. Accordingly, the sugar concentration of quince nectar is rather low compared to other temperate zone fruit tree species (except pear). There was a significant negative correlation between the amount of nectar and its sugar concentration in quince flowers in all of the three years of the study (r= -0.51, n=37, p<0.02 in 1996, r= -0.57, n=28, p<0.1 in 1997, r= -0.35, n=9 I, p<0.001 in 1998). No definite difference was established between the nectar production of quince cultivars. Nevertheless, one cultivar tended to produce less and two other ones produced somewhat more nectar in average than the rest of the 6 cvs investigated but the extreme values of nectar production of cultivars overlapped in most cages.  en
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dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Horticultural Science, Vol. 6 No. 3 (2000) , 87-94.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.31421/IJHS/6/3/108
dc.identifier.eissn2676-931X
dc.identifier.issn1585-0404
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.jatitleInt. j. hortic. sci.
dc.identifier.jtitleInternational Journal of Horticultural Science
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/314038en
dc.identifier.volume6
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/IJHS/article/view/108
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerInternational Journal of Horticultural Science
dc.subjectquince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.)en
dc.subjectnectar productionen
dc.subjectsugar concentrationen
dc.subjectcultivarsen
dc.subjecthoneybeesen
dc.subjectpollinationen
dc.titleNectar production of quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) cultivarsen
dc.typefolyóiratcikkhu
dc.typearticleen
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