Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0348690
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Domestication of blue-banded bees for greenhouse pollination. The tomato industry is currently shifting towards production in greenhouses, which allows climate control and improved pest management. A lack of pollinators is an obstacle to this move. This project will establish protocols for large-scale use of native blue-banded bees as pollinators in greenhouses, especially for tomatoes. Pollination by native bees increases fruit weight by 15%, comparable to the effects of bumblebees used overseas. Significant economic, environmental and health benefits are expected from this project. The outcome will satisfy an industry need and remove an environmental threat by finding indigenous substitutes for alien bumblebees.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2003
End Date: 12-2006
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $225,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Horticulture Not Elsewhere Classified | Horticultural Production | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Plant Growth And Development |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Agricultural chemicals | Horticultural crops | Horticultural crops not elsewhere classified
