Intraspecific variability of camu-camu fruit in native populations of northern Amazonia

• Main Authors: Edvan Alves Chagas, Ricardo Manuel Bardales Lozano, Pollyana Cardoso Chagas, Christinny Giselly Bacelar-Lima, Maria Isabel Ribeiro Garcia, Jaqueline Vilena Oliveira, Olisson Mesquita Souza, Bruna Santana Morais, Maria da Conceição da Rocha Araújo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding 2015-12-01
• Series: Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology
• Subjects: Myrciaria dubia; breeding; selection; subsample; germplasm
• Online Access: http://www.sbmp.org.br/cbab/siscbab/uploads/bae8e3df-a936-b3c0.pdf
• ISSN: 1518-7853; 1984-7033

Similarly to most breeding programs of native species, camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia (Kunt) McVaugh) improvement is also restricted, due to the scarcity of research results. In this situation, the prospection, collection and conservation of germplasm in genebanks ensure successful selection and breeding studies of the species. In this sense, the purpose of this study was the intraspecific characterization of the biometric variability in fruits of native camu-camu populations of the State of Roraima, in the northern Amazon region. Of 16 populations, 247 sub-samples were evaluated. Analyses were performed with the multivariate technique of principal components and hierarchical clustering, to determine the variables with highest intraspecific variability for the studied traits. The populations found in the lower Rio Branco region performed best for the studied traits, indicating the great potential of the region as a reservoir of promising subsamples for future breeding programs of the species in the northern Amazon.