Authors:
,
,
,
,
, and
S. Ahmad
shabir@bs.qau.edu.pk
S. Ahmad
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
Search for other papers by S. Ahmad in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by S. Ahmad in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
M. Zafar
zafar@qau.edu.pk
M. Zafar
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
Search for other papers by M. Zafar in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by M. Zafar in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
M. Ahmad
mushtaqflora@hotmail.com
M. Ahmad
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
Search for other papers by M. Ahmad in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by M. Ahmad in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
S. Sultana
shaziaflora@hotmail.com
S. Sultana
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
Search for other papers by S. Sultana in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by S. Sultana in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
S. Majeed
salmansunny61@gmail.com
S. Majeed
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
Search for other papers by S. Majeed in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by S. Majeed in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
G. Yaseen
ghulamyaseenawan@gmail.com
G. Yaseen
Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
Search for other papers by G. Yaseen in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by G. Yaseen in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Pollen morphology of 16 species belonging to 8 different families; Apocynaceae, Brassicaceae, Capparaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae, Solanaceae and Zygophyllaceae were analysed from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the help of microscopic techniques. Both qualitative and quantitative features of pollen were examined including polar and equatorial diameter, colpus length and width, exine sculpturing, pores number, pollen shape, number of sterile and fertile pollen using Leica microscope (D1000) fitted with camera Meiji Infinity 1 and examined statistically by software IBM SPSS Statistics 20. Pollen observed were small to large with suboblate, oblate-spheroidal, prolate-spheroidal and subprolate shape. Exine ornamentations were reticulate and psilate type in all the studied plants. Colpi and pores of the selected plants observed are tricolporate, tricolpate and monoporate. The present study showed that both spring and autumn seasons are the prominent seasons for honey production and beekeeping industries in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Brassica camp-estris is the most visited species by honeybees in the study area. Melliferous plants gave knowledge about botanical origin of honey and geographical origin of honeybees. The current study identified numerous bee forage plants which may help to raise the concept of cultivation of melliferous herbaceous plants by the local people, to be used for honey production. The identification of these potential sources may help the beekeepers to increase the honey production and increase in agricultural yields through pollinations.
ProCite
RefWorks
Reference Manager
BibTeX
Zotero
EndNote
-
Ahmad, K., Khan, M. A. and Shaheen, N. (2010): Palynological studies of the semi-desert plant species from Pakistan. –Afr. J. Biotechnol. 9(24): 3527–3535.
-
Ahmad, M., Khan, M. A., Hasan, A., Zafar, M. and Sultana, S. (2008): Chemotaxonomic standardization of herbal drugs milk thistle and globe thistle.–Asian J. Chem. 20(6): 4443–4459.
-
Ahmad, M., Bano, A., Zafar, M., Khan, M. A., Chaudhry, M. J. I. and Sultana, S. (2013): Pollen morphology of some species of the family Asteraceae from the alpine zone, Deosai Plateau, northern Pakistan.–Palynology 37(2): 189–195.
-
Ahmad, S., Zafar, M., Ahmad, M., Lubna Yaseen, G. and Sultana, S. (2019): Microscopic investigation of palyno-morphological features of melliferous flora of Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.–Microsc. Res. Tech. 82(6): 720–730.
-
Carpes, S. T., Begnini, R., Alencar, S. M. D. and Masson, M. L. (2007): Study of preparations of bee pollen extracts, antioxidant, and antibacterial activity.–Ciênc. agrotec. 31: 1818–1825.
-
Chaturvedi, M., Yunus, D. and Datta, K. (1994): Pollen morphology of Sorghum Moench Sections Eu-sorghum and Para-sorghum.–Grana 33(3): 117–123.
-
Clark, W. D., Brown, G. K. and Mayes, R. A. (1980): Pollen morphology of Haplopappus and related genera (Compositae-Asteraceae). –Amer. J. Bot. 67(9): 1391–1393.
-
Ebenezer, I. O. and Olugbenga, M. T. (2010): Pollen characterization of honey samples from north central Nigeria. –J. Biol. Sci. 10(1): 43–47.
-
Erdtman, G. (1952): Pollen morphology and taxonomy. Angiosperms. – Almquist & Wilksell, Stokholm.
-
Farkas, Á. and Zajácz, E. (2007): Nectar production for the Hungarian honey industry. –Eur. J. Plant Sci. Biotechnol. 1(2): 125–151.
-
Goulson, D. (2003): Conserving wild bees for crop pollination. –J. Food Agric. Environ 1: 142–144.
-
Huryn, V. M. B. (1997): Ecological impacts of introduced honey bees. –Q. Rev. Biol. 72(3): 275–297.
-
Ion, N., Ştefan, V., Ion, V., Fota, V. and Coman, R. (2007): Results concerning the melliferous characteristics of the sunflower hybrids cultivated in Romania. –Lucr. Stiin. Zootehn. Biotehnol. 40(2): 80–90.
-
Köhler, E. and Lange, E. (1979): A contribution to distinguishing cereal from wild grass pollen grains by LM and SEM. –Grana 18(3): 133–140.
-
Kremen, C., William, N. M. and Thorp, R. W. (2002): Crop pollination from native bees at risk from agricultural intensification. –Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 99(26): 16812–16816.
-
Mignot, A., Hoss, C., Dajoz, I., Leuret, C., Henry, J. P., Dreuillaux, J. M., Heberle-Bors, E. and Till-Bottraud, I. (1994): Pollen aperture polymorphism in the angiosperms: importance, possible causes and consequences. –Acta Bot.Gall. 141(2): 109–122.
-
Nguemo, D. D., Mapongmetsem, P. M. and Abdoulaye, M. (2016): Plants foraged by Apis mellifera adansonii Latreille in Southern Chad. –Open Acc.Lib. J. 3(8): 1–10.
-
Noor, M. J., Ahmad, M., Zafar, M. and Ashraf, M. A. (2017): Palynological studies of melliferous and allergenic flora of Pakistan: a key to pollen and spore identification. –J. Apicult. Res. 56(3): 300–309.
-
Punt, W., Hoen, P. P., Blackmore, S., Nilsson, S. and Le Thomas, A. (1994): Glossary of pollen and spore terminology. –Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 143(1–2): 1–81.
-
Qureshi, S. J., Awan, A. G., Khan, M. A. and Bano, S. (2002): Palynological study of the genus Crepis from Pakistan. –Asian J.Plant Sci. 1(2): 182–187.
-
Ullah, F., Zafar, M., Ahmad, M., Dilbar, S., Shah, S. N., Sohail, A., Zaman, W., Iqbal, M., Bahadur, S. and Tariq, A. (2018): Pollen morphology of subfamily Caryophylloideae (Caryophyllaceae) and its taxonomic significance. –Microsc. Res. Tech. 81(7): 704–715.
-
Zafar, M., Ahmad, M. and Khan, M. A. (2007): Palynology of family Asteraceae from flora of Rawalpindi-Pakistan. –Int. J. Agric. Biol. 9: 156–161.
Botta-Dukát, Zoltán
E-mail: botta-dukat.zoltan@okologia.mta.hu
or
Lőkös, László
E-mail: acta@bot.nhmus.hu
Institute: Botanical Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum
Address: Könyves K. krt. 40. H-1097 Budapest, Hungary
- Scopus
- Biological Abstracts
- BIOSIS Previews
- CAB Abstracts
- CABELLS Journalytics
- Chemical Abstracts
- Global Health
- Referativnyi Zhurnal
| 2023 | |
|---|---|
| Scopus | |
| CiteScore | 1.7 |
| CiteScore rank | Q3 (Plant Science) |
| SNIP | 0.749 |
| Scimago | |
| SJR index | 0.24 |
| SJR Q rank | Q3 |
| Acta Botanica Hungarica | |
|---|---|
| Publication Model | Hybrid |
| Submission Fee | none |
| Article Processing Charge | 900 EUR/article (only for OA publications) |
| Printed Color Illustrations | 40 EUR (or 10 000 HUF) + VAT / piece |
| Regional discounts on country of the funding agency | World Bank Lower-middle-income economies: 50% World Bank Low-income economies: 100% |
| Further Discounts | Editorial Board / Advisory Board members: 50% Corresponding authors, affiliated to an EISZ member institution subscribing to the journal package of Akadémiai Kiadó: 100% |
| Subscription fee 2025 | Online subsscription: 696 EUR / 764 USD Print + online subscription: 788 EUR / 868 USD |
| Subscription Information | Online subscribers are entitled access to all back issues published by Akadémiai Kiadó for each title for the duration of the subscription, as well as Online First content for the subscribed content. |
| Purchase per Title | Individual articles are sold on the displayed price. |
| Acta Botanica Hungarica | |
|---|---|
| Language | English French German Russian Spanish |
| Size | B5 |
| Year of Foundation |
1954 |
| Volumes per Year |
1 |
| Issues per Year |
4 |
| Founder | Magyar Tudományos Akadémia |
| Founder's Address |
H-1051 Budapest, Hungary, Széchenyi István tér 9. |
| Publisher | Akadémiai Kiadó |
| Publisher's Address |
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245. |
| Responsible Publisher |
Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó |
| ISSN | 0236-6495 (Print) |
| ISSN | 1588-2578 (Online) |
Monthly Content Usage
| Abstract Views | Full Text Views | PDF Downloads | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 98 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 2024 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2024 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 2025 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2025 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Author:
Authors:
, , , , , , , and
Author:
Authors:
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and
Copyright Akadémiai Kiadó AKJournals is the trademark of Akadémiai Kiadó's journal publishing business branch.
Powered by PubFactory