Potencial da bucha vegetal (Luffa Cylindrica Roemer) na produção e características do néctar no município de Sousa - PB.

Abstract

The loofah is a cucurbit family plan of Luffa cylindrica genre also known as mop, sponge, gherkin the bush is native to Asia brought by slaves to Brazil .The loofah is widely used in toiletries, crafts, industry etc. . It is a culture of easy operation and adapted very well in the semiarid. However little is known about biology flora cultura.Esse this work aimed to study aspect of the floral biology of Luffa cylindrica city of Sousa PB and contribute information on beekeeping in the grassland savanna. The meeting was at the Institute of Education Science and Technology of Paraíba IFPB campus Sousa-PB located in the Irrigated Perimeter of São Gonçalo in the period from December to June 2013. The following points were investigated: research and the different nectar collection schedules and their influence the volume and concentration of sugar for its flowers at the time of anthesis up to and verify changes in Nectar characteristics over time and discuss the potential consequences in beekeeping areas of planting vegetable fodder. Production in flower for nectar volume of cucurbit luffa cylindrica averaged 2.12 1, and having average brix of 20.1%. The floral visitation of Apis mellifera had overall average of 1.89 minutes. The plant is a cylindrical bushing and a cucurbit Luffa is a monoecious plant, which means that the flowers are both male and female, having no different types; its floral density per square meter averaged 3.52 m2 flowers. It was found that the floral anthesis bushing occurred between 4:30 and 5:30 and began closing in from 14:00 hours and supplementing 16:00.