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Pollen Morphology and Anatomy with Botanical Preferences Made by Bees: An Introduction Data

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Pollen is a microspore containing vegetative and generative cells prepared for pollination in seed plants. Because pollen grains show highly variable characteristics, these structures are used to evaluate kinship relationships and similarity levels in plants. However, plant sources of honey, which is consumed as an important food source and functional food, can also be determined by identifying the pollen grains included in the honey by bees. In this study, the characteristic parameters used for the identification of pollen grains in plants and the plant sources frequently visited by bees were mentioned. As a result, variables such as size, polarity and symmetry, shape, exine sculpturing, intine properties and apertures are the main characteristics used to describe pollen grains. Considering these variables, it can contribute to the identification of plant taxa. In addition, the plants that honey bees visit to collect nectar and the botanical origin/source of honey (monofloral-multifloral) can also be determined by identifying the pollen grains included in the honey.

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    Deniz Canlı

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    Nesrin Ecem Bayram

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Canlı, D., Ecem Bayram, N. (2023). Pollen Morphology and Anatomy with Botanical Preferences Made by Bees: An Introduction Data. In: Ecem Bayram, N., Ž. Kostic, A., Can Gercek, Y. (eds) Pollen Chemistry & Biotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47563-4_1

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