Author: Vaish, O.P.; Agrawal, S.C. & Joshi, M.J.
Language: English
Year of publication: 1978
Number of pages: 9
Type of publication: Article
Journal: Proceedins of 8th Int Sunflower Conf. Minneapolis, Minn.
Edition: July 1978
Pages in original publication: 148-157
Publication location: undefined
Country: India
Region: South East Asia

Insects recorded on sunflower crops at Udaipur, India, included 16 species of Hymenoptera; the main pollinator was Apis dorsata. The number of A. dorsata present, expressed as a percentage of total insect visitors, was higher at 10.00 h and 12.00 h than at 14.00 h and 16.00 h; the percentage increased with increasing mean weekly temperature (optimum 23-38^oC in summer and 18-32^o in winter), and increased as RH decreased (optimum 28-87% summer, and 44-71%, winter).