THE RESEARCHES FOR PRODUCTION OF HYBRID SEEDS AT CUCUMBER

MARIA CALIN, TINA OANA CRISTEA, SILVIA AMBARUS, MARICELA FALTICEANU, LUCIAN STOIAN, CAMELIA POPA, MAGDALENA DUMBRAVA

Abstract

The paper presents the results of researches performed upon the use of bees in the seed production processes at 3 cornichon type hybrids (Cornisa F1, Cornibac F1, and Cornirom F1). The results shows a very high efficiency of honey bees in pollination of cucumber flowers, resulting in an increase of seed quantities per fruit ranging from 150% (Cornirom F1) to 214,1% (Cornisa F1), as compared to manual pollination.

Keywords

honey bees seed production cucumber