Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura (Nov 2019)

Morphological characterization of active germoplasm bank fig tree accessions

  • Maria Gabriela Fontanetti Rodrigues,
  • Tatiane Paes dos Santos,
  • Antonio Flávio Arruda Ferreira,
  • Laís Naiara Honorato Monteiro,
  • Eduarda Sayuri Nakanishi,
  • Aparecida Conceição Boliani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-29452019074
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41, no. 5

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Abstract Fig tree (Ficus carica L.) is a fruit of great importance worldwide, being able to be implanted as new source of agricultural variability. The aim of the present work was to characterize the active germplasm bank of fig trees by means of morphological descriptors of 45 fig accessions at the Faculty of Agrarian and Technological Sciences, Campus of Dracena, FCAT / UNESP aiming at the recognition of the quality and genetic variability potential of the species. Thus, their biometric characteristics were evaluated by qualitative and quantitative descriptors of leaves and fruits. Fig tree accessions were characterized by means of the morphological characteristics of leaves and fruits, identifying AGB with high phenotypic variability and well adapted to the region and, by the analysis of the qualitative and quantitative characteristics, it was concluded that the most divergent accessions presented characteristics of agronomic interest, allowing the selection of features in order to subsidize conservation works, genetic improvement and crop production.

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