Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (Jan 2013)

UENF 14: a new popcorn cultivar

  • Antonio Teixeira do Amaral Júnior,
  • Leandro Simões Azeredo Gonçalves,
  • Silvério de Paiva Freitas Júnior,
  • Liliam Silvia Candido,
  • Cassio Vittorazzi,
  • Guilherme Ferreira Pena,
  • Rodrigo Moreira Ribeiro,
  • Thiago Rodrigues da Conceição Silva,
  • Messias Gonzaga Pereira,
  • Carlos Alberto Scapim,
  • Alexandre Pio Viana,
  • Geraldo Francisco de Carvalho

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 218 – 220

Abstract

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The aim of this work is to present the features of the popcorn cultivar UENF 14, developed from five cycles of recurrentselection of the population UNB-2U, to the scientific community. The cultivar produces yields of 3047.58 kg ha-1 and has poppingexpansion of 35.69 mL g-1.

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