| Experiment code | 17.3.3.125 | ||
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| Experiment Title | Foraging activity of honeybees in muskmelon(Cucumis melo) | ||
| Research Type | Departmental Research | ||
| Experiment Background | Pollination is a very important free ecosystem service, mediated by insects mostly it is honeybees, Several species of honeybees are considered as important pollinating agents in cucurbits and play a pivotal role in the pollination. It is known that the foraging activity of honeybees initiated in early morning and finishes in the evening. Foraging have the ability to remember the time of the day at which the higher food resources are available and such ability may correlate with foraging activity peaks. | ||
| Experiment Group | Plant Protection | ||
| Unit Type | (01)RESEARCH UNIT | ||
| Unit | (58)AGRICULTURE EXPERIMENTAL STATION (PARIA) | ||
| Department | (284)Agriculture Experimental Station Paria | ||
| BudgetHead | (325/12401/00)325/05/REG/02461 | ||
| Objective |
1. Foraging activity time of honeybees on flower 2. To find out peak foraging activity period of honeybees 3. To find out safety period of insecticide application |
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| Season | Summer | ||
| Location Unit Type | (02)EDUCATION UNIT | ||
| Location Unit | (26)POLYTECHNIC IN HORTICULTURE (PARIA) | ||
| Location Department | (303)Agriculture Experimental Station Paria | ||
| Plot No | Block No. 1 Plot No.5/8 | ||
| PI Name | (NAU-EMP-2013-000759)AMITSINH ISHWARBHAI MAKAWANA | ||
| PI Email | aimakawana@nau.in | ||
| PI Mobile | 9898088537 | ||
| Year of Approval | 2021 | ||
| Commencement Year | 2022 | ||
| Completion Year | 2025 | ||
| Design of Experiment |
NA |
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| Crop Spacing (cm x cm) |
1.5 m x 1.0 m |
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| Gross Plot (m x m) | 15.0 m x 10 m | ||
| Net Plot (m x m) | 12.0 m x8.0 m | ||
| Total Experiment Area (m2) | 150 m2 | ||
| Plot History Last Three Year |
Old plantation of Sapota |
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| Initial Soil Sample Analysis Report |
NA |
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| Initial Soil Sample Analysis Report Attachment | Attachment Not Available! | ||
| Layout Plan |
NA |
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| Layout Plan Attachment | Attachment Not Available! | ||
| Treatment |
Methodology: The experimental plot will be kept free from any insecticidal spray during flowering peroid. Observations will be recored for honey bees visiting the musk melon field during flowering at 6 hrs to 18 hrs at i hr interval for five minutes in each plot of 2 sq. ft. area from four spot during pick flowering period at weekly interval from musk melon field. |
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| Treatment Attachment | Attachment Not Available! | ||
| (NAU-EMP-2013-000759) AMITSINH ISHWARBHAI MAKAWANA | aimakawana@nau.in | 9898088537 | 01-12-2021 |
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| (NAU-EMP-2013-000774) HIMATBHAI FALJIBHAI PATEL | hfpatel@nau.in | 7359398111 | 01/12/2021 |
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| (NAU-EMP-2015-000798) SANDEEPKUMAR GAUTAMBHAI PARMAR | sgparmar@nau.in | 9898245830 | 01/12/2021 |
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| (NAU-EMP-2010-000806) SHARAD SHANKARRAO GAIKWAD | sharadgaikwad@nau.in | 8200272044 | 01/12/2021 |
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| Musk melon | Kundan |