| Pak. J. Bot., 42(3): 1395-1399, 2010. | Back to Contents | ||||
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POLLINATION MECHANISM AND ROLE OF INSECTS IN ABUTILON INDICUM (L.) SWEET
RUBINA ABID, JAN ALAM AND M. QAISER*
Abstract: Flowers of Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet are slightly protandrous, opening and closing times of flower are temperature and light dependent. Bagging experiments and pollen-ovule ratio reveal that it is a facultative autogamous taxon. Butterflies (Lepidoptera) and Bees (Hymenoptera) are the regular flower visitors. Butterflies are just visitors as they do not take any part in pollination while, Apis sp., and Bembix sp. are found to be the pollinators of Abutilon indicum.
Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi Pakistan-75270 *Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. |
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