Evaluation of native stingless bee species (Heterotrigona itama and Geniotrigona thoracica) for pollination efficiency on Melon Manis Terengganu

• Main Authors: Wahizatul Afzan Azmi, Wan Zaliha Wan Sembok, Siti Noraishah Mohd Nasaruddin, Nur Syazana Azli, Muhammad Firdaus Mohd Hatta, Tengku Norulhuda Tg Muhammad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21716/1/ML%2023.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21716/; https://jms.mabjournal.com/index.php/mab/index
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Melon Manis Terengganu (MMT) is a newly developed melon cultivar that is exclusively planted in Terengganu and has monoecious flowers where female and male parts are in different flowers of the same plant. Current practise for MMT pollination mainly depends on humans by hand-cross pollination treatm...