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Eugenia Klotzschiana O. Berg Fruits as New Sources of Nutrients: Determination of their Bioactive Compounds, Antioxidant Activity and Chemical Composition

Abstract: The Cerrado is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots and Brazil's second largest biome. Many native species of the Brazilian Cerrado provide fruits that have unique sensory characteristics and high nutritional value. This study aimed at characterizing the pulp of Eugenia klotzschiana O. Berg...

Thidiazuron (TDZ) increases fruit set and yield of 'Hosui' and 'Packham's Triumph' pear trees

An. acad. bras. ciênc; 89 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT The low fruit set is one of the main factors leading to poor yield of pear orchards in Brazil. The exogenous application of thidiazuron (TDZ) and aminoethoxyvinilglycine (AVG) has shown promising results in some pear cultivars and other temperate fruit trees. The objective of this study was to e...

Influence of rootstocks on growth, yield, fruit quality and leaf mineral element contents of pear cv. 'Santa Maria' in semi-arid conditions

Biol. Res; 47 (), 2014
BACKGROUND: Rootstocks play an essential role to determining orchard performance of fruit trees. Pyrus communisand Cydonia oblonga are widely used rootstocks for European pear cultivars. The lack of rootstocks adapted to different soil conditions and different grafted cultivars is widely acknowledged in ...

Substratos para a produção dos porta-enxertos para pereiras 'Taiwan Nashi-C' E 'Taiwan Mamenashi' (Pyrus calleryana Dcne. )

Biosci. j. (Online); 23 (2), 2007
O objetivo do presente trabalho foi verificar a influência de diferentes substratos nodesenvolvimento de seedlings dos porta-enxertos 'Taiwan Nashi-C' e 'Taiwan Mamenashi' para pereiras. Sementes dos referidos porta-enxertos foram extraídas de frutos maduros no início do mês de maio, lavadas em água...