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Pollination as a factor limiting the yield of field beans (Vicia faba L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. B. Free  and
Ingrid H. Williams
J. B. Free
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Ingrid H. Williams
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
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Summary

Self-pollinating and cross-pollinating by hand samples of flowers in field bean crops usually gave an increased set of seed compared with control flowers left to be pollinated naturally. Hence, insect pollination of field bean crops is often inadequate. In large fields of more than 12 ha the seed yield was greater by plants near the edge than near the centre. Fewer pods were produced from nodes at the upper than the lower parts of a stem, and they contained fewer seeds which were of a smaller size.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , October 1976 , pp. 395 - 399
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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