PJB-2020-421
Pollen analysis: using melissopalynology to determine the bee-foraged sources from Tando Allah Yar and Tando Muhammad Khan, two agriculturally important districts of Sindh, Pakistan
Jamal Uddin Mangi, Noor Ul Ain Soomro, Nabila Shah Jilani, Saima Amin Ghoto Mahjabeen Panhwar And Abdul Rauf Jamali
Abstract
Present work involved the pollen investigation of 16 honey samples collected from different localities of district Tando Allah Yar and Tando Muhammad Khan, Sindh-Pakistan. Out of the total samples analyzed, 06 (37%) samples were graded as unifloral, which contained Ziziphus jujuba, Brassica campestris, Azadirachta indica, Mangifera indica and Terminalia catapa as predominant pollen. The remaining 10 (63%) samples were graded as multifloral, consisting of two or more than two (mixed) pollen types. With respect to the frequency distribution classes, pollen taxa were graded as very frequent (> 50%), frequent (20–50%), infrequent (10–20%) and rare (< 10%). The chief source of pollen as revealed by the current study were found to be Mangifera indica, Ziziphus jujuba, Brassica campestris, Azadirachta indica, Delonix regia, Brassica nigra, Terminalia catapa, Syzygium cumini, Moringa oleifera and Raphanus sativus. Pollenomorphic analysis revealed that 45 different plant species were source of pollen. The amount of pollen from each of the honey samples varied from 15000 to 75000. Out of total 24 recognized families, Caesalpiniaceae, Brassicaceae and Fabaceae were graded as the most leading families of the area. Identiï¬cation of 45 plant species from 24 different families from the sampled area is an open indication that the area is richly covered with dense vegetation, eventually that will support the apiaries and bee keeping practice in the locality. This information is also very valued and meaningful for the beekeepers, in the selection of suitable sites for apiaries, in order to promote the apiculture industries and the yield of natural honey production in area.
To Cite this article:
Mangi, J.U., N.A. Soomro, N.S. Jilani, S.A. Ghoto, M. Panhwar and A.R. Jamali. 2021. Pollen analysis: using melissopalynology to determine the bee-foraged sources from Tando Allah Yar and Tando Muhammad Khan, two agriculturally important districts of Sindh, Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot., 53(6): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2021-6(1)
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