Abstract
Palynological characterization of honeys from Formosa province, Argentina. The aim of this study is to register the diversity of plant species that are used by Apis mellifera L. in the production of honey. The results of melissopalynological analysis of twenty two samples, based on their study with light and scanning electron microscopy are presented. Sampling was performed in different areas of Formosa province, Argentina. The qualitative analysis showed that 96% of the species belog to the native flora and only 4% to exotic plants. A total of 49 pollen types belonging to 34 families were identified. In accordance with the quantitative analysis, 3 samples are of Prosopis alba, 2 of Tessaria integrifolia and 1 sample of Zizyphus mistol and Eugenia sp.
Highlights
Palynological characterization of honeys from Formosa province, Argentina
Las especies dominantes en mieles monofloras resultaron: Prosopis alba (54%, 58% y 45%), Tessaria integrifolia (71% y 45%), Ziziphus mistol
Contribución al conocimiento del contenido polínico de mieles de Corrientes, Argentina
Summary
Occidental de clima seco y lo forman bosques xerófitos, palmares, estepas halófitas y algunas sabanas edáficas (Cabrera, 1976). Para el Distrito Chaqueño Occidental, Arenas (2003) realizó un listado de plantas melíferas, de primer orden: Prosopis alba, Prosopis elata, Prosopis nigra; muy visitadas por las abejas: Acacia aroma, Acacia caven, Acacia praecox, Cercidium praecox, Geoffroea decorticans, Hyptis lappacea, Maytenus vitis-idaea, Mimosa detinens, Phyla reptans, Schinopsis lorentzii, Sideroroxylon obtusifolium, Tabebuia nodosa, Tessaria integrifolia, Zizyphus mistol, y visitadas con menor frecuencia: Alternanthera paronichyoides, Aspidosperma quebracho blanco, Baccharis salicifolia, Bulnesia sarmientoi, Ceiba insignis, Coccolaba spinescens, Mimozyganthus carinatus, Ruprechtia triflora, Stetsonia coryne y Verbesina encelioides. (1995); Córdoba, de Costa de Bringas (1982) y de Bianco et al (2005). Otros autores describieron características físico - químicas y sensoriales de la miel: en Chaco (Avallone et al, 1999; Chifa et al, 2000) y Córdoba (Faye, 2002)
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