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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 2 Issue 2</issue_number>
<issue_period>2011 (April - June) </issue_period>
<title>Mechanism Of Pollination In Tribulus Terrestris L. (Zygophyllaceae)</title>
<abstract>Orange yellow coloured flowers of  lessThan i greaterThan Tribulus terrestris lessThan /i greaterThan  L. have been studied for its pollination biology at Agra region. Mode of pollination indicated that  lessThan i greaterThan T. terrestris lessThan /i greaterThan  was both self and cross pollinated as there was fruit-set in bagged inflorescence. The potential of the self-pollination was found to be 100% seed-set. Cross-pollination was achieved by both geitonogamy and xenogamy. The fruit formation was not merely dependent on the formation of viable gametes, but also on primary attractants (pollen and nectar) and secondary attractants (orange – yellow colour, odour, small size and fully open architecture and high floral density) that influenced visitors and brought out reproductive success. Honey bees  lessThan i greaterThan Apis lessThan /i greaterThan   lessThan i greaterThan spp lessThan /i greaterThan . and butterflies  lessThan i greaterThan pieris lessThan /i greaterThan  and  lessThan i greaterThan limenitis sps lessThan /i greaterThan . were found to be the most efficient pollinators during the entire flowering period.</abstract>
<authors>Showkat Ahmed Ganaie</authors>
<keywords>Tribulus terrestris, pollination biology, floral architecture, fruit-set, seed-set and cross pollination.</keywords>
<pages>316-320</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
