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Yarahmadi S, Mirai Ashtiani S, Ebadi R, Tahmasebi G. Phenotypic Correlations among 9 Morphological and 3 Production Traits in Honey-Bee Population in Tehran Province. Journal of Crop Production and Processing 2001; 5 (2) :157-168
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Phenotypic Correlations among 9 Morphological and 3 Production Traits in Honey-Bee Population in Tehran Province
S. Yarahmadi * , S.R. Mirai Ashtiani , R. Ebadi , G.H. Tahmasebi
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In this study 130 honeybee colonies in 4 locations (Damavand, Tehran, Qum and Karaj-Savojbolagh) were sampled to determine the phenotypic correlations among 9 morphological and 3 production traits. The morphological traits were length (FL) and width (FB) of fore wing, cubital index (CI), length of hind leg (HL), length of probosics (LP), slender index (SI), length (WL) and width (WT) of wax mirror, distance between wax mirror (WD), index of wax mirror (IW) and corbicular area (CA). The production traits were honey yield (WH), pollen gathering (WP) and wax: production (WW). Data were subjected to analysis of variance, phenotypic correlations, stepwise regression and path coefficient analysis. Results of phenotypic correlations demonstrated that correlations between FL with FB (0.65), WL (0.361), WT (0.261), HL (0.555) and LP (0.257), WH with WP (0.300), WW with WH (0.560) and CA with WH (0.234) were significant (P≤0.01). FB with WH (r=0.204) was also significant but there was no significant correlation between CA and WP. Results of stepwise regression and path coefficient analysis showed that whereas morphological traits were settled as independent variables, much of the corresponding changes in production traits remain uninterpreted. In spite of the significant correlations among several morphological and production traits, body measurements alone are not suitable criteria to select colonies for high productions of honey, pollen and wax.
Keywords: Phenotypic correlations, Morphological traits, Biological traits, Tehran province.
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