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- Title
Intraspecific variability of camu-camu fruit in native populations of northern Amazonia.
- Authors
Chagas, Edvan Alves; Lozano, Ricardo Manuel Bardales; Chagas, Pollyana Cardoso; Bacelar-Lima, Christinny Giselly; Garcia, Maria Isabel Ribeiro; Oliveira, Jaqueline Vilena; Souza, Olisson Mesquita; Morais, Bruna Santana; da Rocha Araújo, Maria da Conceição
- Abstract
Similarly to most breeding programs of native species, camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia (Kunt) McVaugh) improvement is also restricted, due to the scarcity of research results. In this situation, the prospection, collection and conservation of germplasm in genebanks ensure successful selection and breeding studies of the species. In this sense, the purpose of this study was the intraspecific characterization of the biometric variability in fruits of native camu-camu populations of the State of Roraima, in the northern Amazon region. Of 16 populations, 247 sub-samples were evaluated. Analyses were performed with the multivariate technique of principal components and hierarchical clustering, to determine the variables with highest intraspecific variability for the studied traits. The populations found in the lower Rio Branco region performed best for the studied traits, indicating the great potential of the region as a reservoir of promising subsamples for future breeding programs of the species in the northern Amazon.
- Subjects
AMAZON River Region; PLANT population genetics; PLANT breeding; PLANT species; PLANT germplasm
- Publication
Crop Breeding & Applied Biotechnology, 2015, Vol 15, Issue 4, p265
- ISSN
1518-7853
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1984-70332015v15n4a44