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This paper deals with the influence of honey bees pollination on cantaloupes in covered areas. The experiment was set in a protected area (396.20 m 2 ) of the Department of "Engenharia Rural, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ)", University of Sao Paulo, in Piracicaba, State of SaoPaulo, Brazil. Seeds of the cantaloupeshybrid Bond No. 2 of the "rendilhado" type were sowed, in two rows of plants, 0.60 m between plants and 0.20 m between rows. Firstly the pollination was manually done on 30 floral buttons, later on one introduced a nucleus of honey bees Apis mellifera, responsible for pollinating the rest of flowers in the protected area. The parameters determined for the harvested fruits were: weight (g); diameter (cm); length (cm); Brix (°); acidity (meq kg -1 ) and pH. A total of 26 cantaloupes that had received hand pollination and 35 which received bee pollination were analyzed. One observed that the bee pollination was most efficient, resulting in cantaloupes with better characteristics the absence of deformed fruits.

NOTA CIENTÍFICA: CONTROLE DO CANCRO DA HASTE DA SOJA POR MEIO DE CALAGEM E ADUBAÇÃO POTÁSSICA

NOTA CIENTÍFICA: EFEITO DO ANO AGRÍCOLA QUENTE SOBRE CRESCIEMENTO DA PLANTA E DESENVOLVIMENTO DO CANCRO DA HASTE DA SOJA