Vegetative and fruit characteristics of papaya trees obtained by mass selection

Authors

  • Mariela Mattos da Silva Universidade Federal de Viçosa
  • Sabrina Garcia Broetto Universidade Estadual de São Paulo
  • Sigrid Costa Valbão Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
  • Adelaide de Fátima Santana da Costa Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
  • Diolina Moura Silva Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2010v31n1p29

Keywords:

Carica papaya L., Breeding, Fruit quality

Abstract

The present work had as purpose to evaluate some characteristics of papaya trees (Carica papaya L.), Golden cultivar, obtained trough plant mass selection, regarding plant and fruit quality in the first months of production. The samples were evaluated in a commercial crop at: 0, 20, 40, 70, 130, 180, 230, 260, 280, 310 and 340 days after the planting (DAP) and the first fruits were harvested at 230 DAP. The results showed the low height (199cm in 340 DAP) and low first flowering’s heigth (71cm), which is important to facilitate the harvest process. The plants presented good yield with high number of leafs (allowing a great area of fruit cover) and about 60 fruits per plant. The fruits kept similar features to cv. Golden. The fruit’s fresh weight ranged from 302.4 to 467.5g, which is in the range of the Brazilian market. The pulp thickness was 2.35cm, which is a feature of great economic interest. The pulp thickness showed close relation with climatic factors, and great variations of temperature and precipitation accelerated the pulp loss of thickness.

Author Biographies

Mariela Mattos da Silva, Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Parte do Projeto de Iniciação Científica - PIBIC/CNPq/UFES. Bióloga, MSc. Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Doutoranda em Fisiologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa.

Sabrina Garcia Broetto, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo

Bióloga, MSc. Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Doutoranda em Ciências dos Alimentos, Universidade de São Paulo.

Sigrid Costa Valbão, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Bióloga, MSc. Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo.

Adelaide de Fátima Santana da Costa, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Engº Agrº, DSc. Fitotecnia, Pesquisador do Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (INCAPER), Docente do PPGBV/UFES.

Diolina Moura Silva, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Prof. Associado. Depto de Ciências Biológicas/Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal – Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, DSc. Fisiologia Vegetal

Published

2010-04-30

How to Cite

Silva, M. M. da, Broetto, S. G., Valbão, S. C., Costa, A. de F. S. da, & Silva, D. M. (2010). Vegetative and fruit characteristics of papaya trees obtained by mass selection. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 31(1), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2010v31n1p29

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