Soybean and Bees
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Table of Contents<br />
<strong>Soybean</strong> cycle............................................................................................17<br />
Types of reproductive structure of plants...............................................23<br />
Monecious <strong>and</strong> dioecious plants................................................................................... 23<br />
Perfect flowers................................................................................................................. 24<br />
Flowers: Structure, anatomy <strong>and</strong> major events.......................................................... 26<br />
Pollination......................................................................................................................... 34<br />
Fertilization: sequence of events.................................................................................. 36<br />
<strong>Soybean</strong> growth types...............................................................................39<br />
<strong>Soybean</strong> reproductive development............................................................................ 39<br />
Structure of a soybean flower........................................................................................ 41<br />
Flower, pods <strong>and</strong> seeds abscission on soybeans......................................................... 48<br />
Stamen <strong>and</strong> ovule development.................................................................................... 49<br />
Pollination of soybean flowers...................................................................................... 51<br />
Embryo, endosperm <strong>and</strong> seed coat development....................................................... 55<br />
<strong>Bees</strong> <strong>and</strong> plants relations..........................................................................59<br />
Nectar, a key mediator.................................................................................................... 59<br />
Nectar composition, dynamics <strong>and</strong> role...................................................................... 60<br />
Nectar production <strong>and</strong> the role of enzymes................................................................ 64<br />
Nectar secretion .............................................................................................................. 65<br />
Bee general orientation.................................................................................................. 66<br />
Nectar <strong>and</strong> attraction of pollinators............................................................................. 68