Impact of pollination on sunflower yield: Is pollen amount or pollen quality what matters?

•We tested the effect of amount and quality of pollen delivered to stigmas on three yield components of sunflower.•Both amount and quality of pollen arriving to sunflower stigmas influence grain set.•High amounts of a different hybrid's pollen significantly increase grain set as compared to low...

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spelling paper:paper_03784290_v176_n_p61_Chamer2023-06-08T15:39:44Z Impact of pollination on sunflower yield: Is pollen amount or pollen quality what matters? Grain yield Helianthus annuus L. Pollen amount Pollen quality Pollination Sunflower crop yield dicotyledon experimental study hybrid plant-pollinator interaction pollen pollination Argentina Helianthus Helianthus annuus •We tested the effect of amount and quality of pollen delivered to stigmas on three yield components of sunflower.•Both amount and quality of pollen arriving to sunflower stigmas influence grain set.•High amounts of a different hybrid's pollen significantly increase grain set as compared to low amounts of same hybrid's pollen. Local and international information on sunflower pollination indicate that crop yield may be limited by the quality of the pollination service. This work focuses on the response of commercially-grown sunflower hybrids to variations in the amount and quality of the pollen delivered to stigmas, measured in terms of grain set, unit grain weight, grain oil concentration, and oil yield per plant as a way to assess the importance of entomophilous pollination for this crop. Three consecutive experiments including 2-8 experimental treatments each were conducted between 2004 and 2007 in Argentina. The results (a) demonstrate for the first time that the pollen amount and pollen quality that arrive to the stigma have a joint effect on sunflower grain set, (b) suggest that some yield crop components could be sensitive to this joint effect, and (c) remark the probable positive effect of the pollen redistribution across the head. Overall, results underline the importance of pollinators for the crop, and point out to possible mechanisms that explain their beneficial effect. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. 2015 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03784290_v176_n_p61_Chamer http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03784290_v176_n_p61_Chamer
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topic Grain yield
Helianthus annuus L.
Pollen amount
Pollen quality
Pollination
Sunflower
crop yield
dicotyledon
experimental study
hybrid
plant-pollinator interaction
pollen
pollination
Argentina
Helianthus
Helianthus annuus
spellingShingle Grain yield
Helianthus annuus L.
Pollen amount
Pollen quality
Pollination
Sunflower
crop yield
dicotyledon
experimental study
hybrid
plant-pollinator interaction
pollen
pollination
Argentina
Helianthus
Helianthus annuus
Impact of pollination on sunflower yield: Is pollen amount or pollen quality what matters?
topic_facet Grain yield
Helianthus annuus L.
Pollen amount
Pollen quality
Pollination
Sunflower
crop yield
dicotyledon
experimental study
hybrid
plant-pollinator interaction
pollen
pollination
Argentina
Helianthus
Helianthus annuus
description •We tested the effect of amount and quality of pollen delivered to stigmas on three yield components of sunflower.•Both amount and quality of pollen arriving to sunflower stigmas influence grain set.•High amounts of a different hybrid's pollen significantly increase grain set as compared to low amounts of same hybrid's pollen. Local and international information on sunflower pollination indicate that crop yield may be limited by the quality of the pollination service. This work focuses on the response of commercially-grown sunflower hybrids to variations in the amount and quality of the pollen delivered to stigmas, measured in terms of grain set, unit grain weight, grain oil concentration, and oil yield per plant as a way to assess the importance of entomophilous pollination for this crop. Three consecutive experiments including 2-8 experimental treatments each were conducted between 2004 and 2007 in Argentina. The results (a) demonstrate for the first time that the pollen amount and pollen quality that arrive to the stigma have a joint effect on sunflower grain set, (b) suggest that some yield crop components could be sensitive to this joint effect, and (c) remark the probable positive effect of the pollen redistribution across the head. Overall, results underline the importance of pollinators for the crop, and point out to possible mechanisms that explain their beneficial effect. © 2015 Elsevier B.V.
title Impact of pollination on sunflower yield: Is pollen amount or pollen quality what matters?
title_short Impact of pollination on sunflower yield: Is pollen amount or pollen quality what matters?
title_full Impact of pollination on sunflower yield: Is pollen amount or pollen quality what matters?
title_fullStr Impact of pollination on sunflower yield: Is pollen amount or pollen quality what matters?
title_full_unstemmed Impact of pollination on sunflower yield: Is pollen amount or pollen quality what matters?
title_sort impact of pollination on sunflower yield: is pollen amount or pollen quality what matters?
publishDate 2015
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03784290_v176_n_p61_Chamer
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03784290_v176_n_p61_Chamer
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