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Original Articles

Evaluating honey bees as pollinators of virgin flowers of Echium plantagineum L. (Boraginaceae) by pollen tube fluorescence

Pages 83-95 | Received 24 Apr 1992, Accepted 06 Oct 1992, Published online: 24 Mar 2015

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