Comparing hand pollination success with natural pollination of wild asparagus Asparagus prostratus at colonies on The Gower, Pembrokeshire, west Wales, and in Cornwall, south-west England
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Published source details
King H., Rich T.C.G. & Cordrey L. (2007) Comparing hand pollination success with natural pollination of wild asparagus Asparagus prostratus at colonies on The Gower, Pembrokeshire, west Wales, and in Cornwall, south-west England. Conservation Evidence, 4, 69-72.
Published source details King H., Rich T.C.G. & Cordrey L. (2007) Comparing hand pollination success with natural pollination of wild asparagus Asparagus prostratus at colonies on The Gower, Pembrokeshire, west Wales, and in Cornwall, south-west England. Conservation Evidence, 4, 69-72.
Summary
In order to establish if wild asparagus Asparagus prostratus fruit-set is limited by pollination, experiments were undertaken to compare natural insect pollination with hand pollination at four colonies (one in west Wales and three in Cornwall, south-west England). Hand pollination was successful in increasing fruit-set relative to natural pollination in three of the four populations. Overall, hand pollination resulted in a 4.5-fold higher fruit-set (54 fruits) compared to fruit-set of naturally pollinated plants (12 fruits).
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