Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
PK Jatav, Ashok S Yadav, S Balpande and Sahab Singh Pippal

Abstract:
Among all the orders observed majority Hymenoptera insect pollinators were found most dominating for the pollination, second dominating pollinator insect order is Diptera followed by Coleoptera and Lepidoptera was observed on the mustard flowers during two Rabi flowering season (2020-21 to 2021-22). The recorded data of Rabi season 2020-21 & 2021-22 showed almost same insect pollinator faunas on mustard crop. That’s indicated the insect order Hymenoptera is most dominating but in order Hymenoptera most dominance is Apis Genus (mainly Apis. florea F., Apis. mellifera L., Apis. dorsata F. and Apis. cerana F.) mostly bee species was observed on the mustard flowers.