Efficiency of using electric toothbrush as an alternative to a tuning fork for artificial buzz pollination is independent of instrument buzzing frequency release_rtlxoetjirg7hefp24d5jiwl5a

by Mandeep Tayal, Jesus Chavana, rupesh kariyat

Published in BMC Ecology by Springer Science and Business Media LLC.

2020   Volume 20, Issue 1, p8

Abstract

Breeding programs and research activities where artificial buzz-pollinations are required to have primarily relied upon using tuning forks, and bumble bees. However, these methods can be expensive, unreliable, and inefficient. To find an alternative, we tested the efficiency of pollen collection using electric toothbrushes and compared it with tuning forks at three vibration frequencies-low, medium, and high and two extraction times at 3 s and 16 s- from two buzz-pollinated species (Solanum lycopersicum and Solanum elaeagnifolium).
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