Agroecosytem dynamics on the interactions between passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) and insect pollinators

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dc.contributor.author Nyamasyo, Gideon H.
dc.contributor.author Kimiti, Jacinta M.
dc.contributor.author Kimatu, Josphert N.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-23T07:17:17Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-23T07:17:17Z
dc.date.issued 2020-10
dc.identifier.citation Environmental Analysis & Ecology Studies, 7(3) en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2578-0336
dc.identifier.uri https://crimsonpublishers.com/eaes/fulltext/EAES.000665.php
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6789
dc.description DOI: 10.31031/EAES.2020.07.000665 en_US
dc.description.abstract Agroecosystems attract numerous insect species for nesting, breeding and especially for pollination function. While studies have been done in other nations about the ecological factors that determine fruit set in passion crop, there is little work so far carried out in Kenya over the same. Apparently, in Kenya, no effort has been made to study the ecology of carpenter bee and its effectiveness in passion fruit set. The study involved small-scale purple passion fruit farmers in Mua hills in Machakos County, Kenya). These small-scale farmers carry out production on farms measuring 0.20ha to 3.00ha. However, due to high returns of purple passion fruit farming, farms with an average size of 0.10acres (0.04ha) were considered. Therefore, the study covered farmers with 0.04 to 1.00ha of their farm under purple passion fruit. This research aimed at solving the environmental problems of pollination limitation of passion fruit crop by using ecological principles to establish the effect of land use on the ecology of the crop and that of the carpenter bee. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Crimson Publishers en_US
dc.subject Agro-ecosystem en_US
dc.subject Passion crop en_US
dc.subject Carpenter bee en_US
dc.title Agroecosytem dynamics on the interactions between passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) and insect pollinators en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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