The Effect of Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa spp.) as a Pollinator on the Fruit Set Increment of Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Summer Hydroponics
2009
Won, J.H., Gangwon Provincial ARES, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea | Lee, S.Y., Gangwon Provincial ARES, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea | Kim, J.K., Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Republic of Korea | Jeon, S.J., Gangwon Provincial ARES, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
This experiment was executed to investigate the effect of the carpenter bee as a pollinator on the fruit set increment of sweet pepper in summer hydroponics in the alpine area of Gangwon province, Korea. Where the number of fruit sets were increasing during the treatment of pollination by the carpenter bee, total yields during the whole growing period were not different. The number of seeds per fruit in the treatment of the carpenter bee increased more than that in the control by 7.3 percent increment, but the percentage of blossom-end rot increased. As fruit weight range of SS size (below 120g) decreased and that of L size (from 181g to 210g) increased by the pollination treatment, so the percentage of standardized products for the export to Japan improved. Therefore this result was effective for the fruit production of high quality for the export to Japan and it will be necessary for further study on the method of reducing blossom-end rot to be done.
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