Description
The bee floral species in Uzbekistan and Pakistan have distinct pollen types that can be assessed to determine the floral source of honey prod*ucts, with micromorphological pollinic features such as shape and dimensions of ornamentation associated with their pollination mode. This study aims to characterize the morpho-palynology of pollinic floral species around apiaries, focusing on the socio-economic benefits of collaborative research for societal development. Floral buds with mature anthers were obtained from specimens, acetolyzed, measured, and described via microscopic tools. The selected species of bee flora were analyzed for nine quantitative pollen attributes. The basic shapes of the pollen grains included prolate-spheroidal, oblate-spheroidal, sub-prolate, oblate, and sub-oblate. In terms of size, the pollen grains were classified as very small, small to medium, and medium to large. Two different types of apertures were examined: tricolpate and hexacolpate pollen. The polar axis ranged from 13 to 37.7 µm, and the equatorial distance ranged from 10.3 to 51.2 μm. Various types of exine sculpturing were examined, including scabrate, micro-echinate, echinate, perforate, reticulate, rugulate, foveolate, verrucate, gemmate, micro-verrucate, striate, striate reticulate, coarsely reticulate, areolate, and micro-reticulate. The exine thickness ranged from 1.5 µm in Cenchrus ciliaris to 7.4 µm in Bidens bipinnata. The quantitative data analyzed through statistical tools confirmed the pollen morphological features. The results highlight the importance of pollen morphology in the identification and characterization of melliferous taxa. This research also expands the morphological knowledge of bee floral species, contributing to the taxonomy of honeybee flora and emphasizing the socio-economic advantages of collaborative efforts in the region.
| Full Name (In Capital Letters) | Muhammad Zafar |
|---|---|
| zafar@qau.edu.pk | |
| Kurum / University / Affiliated Institution | Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad - Pakistan |
| Akademik Ünvan/ Academic Title | Assoc. Dr. |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Telefon / Phone Number | +92-333-5599777 |
| Katılım Tipi /Participation Types | Yüz Yüze/ Face to Face |
| Sunum Dili /What Will Be The Presentation Language? | English |
| Where Do You Want to Publish the Full Text? | In order to publish it as an article, I will organize it according to the format of the journals that support the congress and send it to one of those journals. |
