Morphological Characterization of Mango （Mangifera indica） Accessions Based on Brazilian Adapted Descriptors.pdfVIP

JournalofAgriculturalScienceandTechnologyB3(2013)798-806 Earliertitle：JournalofAgriculturalSciencena dTechnology，ISSN 1939·1250 … NG MorphologicaICharacterizationofMango(Mangifera h7dica)lAccessionsBasedOonnBrraazzilianAdapted Descriptors IerlaCarlaNunesdosSantosRibeiro，CarlosAntonioFernandesSantosandFranciscoPinheiroLimaNeto2 i．StateUniversityofFeiradeSantana．FeiradeSantana44036-900．Bahia．Brazil 2．EmbrapaSemidrido，Petrolina56302—970，Pernambuco，Brazil Received：July22，2013／Published：November20，2013 Abstract：Theaim ofthisstudywastocharacterize103mangoaccessionsofthefieldgermplasm collectionofEmbrapasemi．raid region，located in Juazeiro，Bahia，Brazilandto apply 50 morphologicaldescriptorsestablishedby the Brazilina Ministry of Agriculture livestocknadsupplytohelpinthedevelopmentofnew mangocultivarsfortheNortheastern regionofBrazil．Fourtrees wereselectedofreachaccessionna deightadultleaves．eightflowersna d16fruitswerecollectedfrom eachtree．Morphological chraacteristicsrnagingfrom plnatsizetoseedembryowereevaluated．Simplepercentageswereestimatedofrallthedescriptors． Onlythedescriptorsofrleafsymmetry andfruitwaxinessdidnotshow vraiabilityamongtheaccessions．Eightaccessionsdidnot show fruitswithfibers．whilenine otheraccessionspresented flesh firmness．whichisna importantcharacteristicto improve breeding．Thesolublesolidscontentwashigh．above14。Brixofr95％ oftheaccessionswithTommyAtkinsshowingthelowest value，12．5。Brix．A greatdiversitywasfoundinthecoloroftheepidemr isrnagingrfom greentored．TheaccessionsAmrapalinad Salitrepresentedadarkornagefleshcolor．TheobtaineddatasetraethemostcomprehensivesofarinBrazil．itallowschoosingthe bestpraentstodevelopnew cultivrasnadwillalsocontributetotheprotectionofmnagocultivarsinBrazil． Keywords：Mango，germplasm bank，accessions，morphologicaldescriptors，theinternationalunion ofrtheprotection ofnew varietiesofplnats(uPo