BIOMETRIC EVALUATIONS OF ACEROLA TREE (Malpighia emarginata DC) AND CHARACTERISATION OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ATTRIBUTES OF FRUIT
Titel:
BIOMETRIC EVALUATIONS OF ACEROLA TREE (Malpighia emarginata DC) AND CHARACTERISATION OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ATTRIBUTES OF FRUIT
Auteur:
José Lucínio de Oliveira Freire Antonio Nustenil de Lima Antonio Lucineudo de Oliveira Freire João Vilian de Moraes Lima Marinus Thiago Jardelino Dias Juliana Pereira da Silva
Verschenen in:
Engenharia ambiental
Paginering:
Jaargang 5 (2008) nr. 2 pagina's 41-52
Jaar:
2008
Inhoud:
This research was conducted to evaluate the performance of irrigated acerola tree (Malpighia emarginata DC) biometric behavior in different physiographic regions of state of Paraíba, Brazil, and the intrinsic and extrinsic attributes of its fruits. The orchards are located in the cities of Alhandra (Coastal), Camalaú, Monteiro and Serra Branca (Cariri West), Nova Floresta (Wild) and Sapé (Zona da Mata), with plants propagated by seminal and four years of age, approximately. For those linear dimensions of the plants were assessed height, diameter of the crown and perimeter of the stem. For the chemical and physical characterizations were collected 150 fruits per orchard, same stage of maturation per plant. These were assessed fresh pastas of fruit and seed, transverse diameter, income in pulp, pH and soluble solids. The experimental design was the randomized blocks, appear to six treatments (an orchard by city) and fifteen replicates (plants per orchard). Preliminary results concluded that the acerolas tree of the semi-arid region, even with additional supply of irrigation water, had lower biometric performance and intrinsic and extrinsic attributes than the other physiographic regions. The genetic variability of plants, edafoclimates local conditions and crop management may have been predominant in the differences of examined variables.
Uitgever:
Environmental Engineering Course / UNIPINHAL (provided by DOAJ)