The role of wild pollinators enhancing the sustainable productivity and quality of arabica coffee in agroforestry
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Crop, coffee, productivity and quality, in this study, was conducted at Ban Khun Lao, Chiang Rai Province and investigated the impact of pollination services. The different pollinations were compared between autogamy, wind pollination, and open pollination on various parameters following: fertilisation ratio, fruit set, cherry weight, ripening uniformity. Among these, open pollination was recorded at the significantly highest results. Data on weight of green beans and total yield exhibited clearly that open pollination were heavier than on wind pollination and autogamy. In addition, the taste and aroma of given coffee from open pollination were honey, caramelised and jasmine which navigated mostly to the sweet and floral. These results indicated that the community and diversity of insect pollinators had the dramatic effectiveness toward the productivity and quality of arabica coffee in organic-agroforestry.
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