TY  - JOUR
T1  - Biometric Analysis of Fruits of Muruci (<I>Byrsonima crassifolia </I>(L.) Rich.)
AU - Thiago Lima Da Silva, Raimundo AU - Costa Melo, Emile AU - Carneiro De Andrade, Ariele AU - Matias De Oliveira, Lillian AU - Elton Sousa Silva, Jose AU - Ferreira De Oliveira Neto, Candido 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 5
IS  - 12
SP  - 769
EP  - 772
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2010.769.772
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2010.769.772
KW  - Amazon
KW  -physical characterization
KW  -Capitao Poco
KW  -furits
KW  -plants
KW  -Brazil
AB  - The objective of this research was to study the physical characterization of fruit and endocarp of muruci from the region of Capitao Poco-PA. The fruits which are widely used <I>in natura </I>consumption were collected in a deforested area of Amazon forest and led to the Multifunctional Laboratory of Federal Rural University of Amazonia, Campus of Capitao Poco. About 600 fruits were sampled and fresh weight (MMF), length and diameter of fruits and endocarps beyond the pulp yield were evaluated. The MMF of the fruits ranged from 0.63-3.83 g and 30.1% of fruit showed MMF between 1.27 and 1.59 g. The MMF of the endocarps ranged from 0.10-0.48 g while 21.7% of the endocarps had MMF between 0.22 and 0.26 g. MMF mean, length and diameter were 1.52 g, 11.49 and 13.35 mm, respectively. As for the endocarps it was respectively, 0.26 g, 8.39 and 7.16 mm. The average MMF was 1.26 g fruit<SUP>-1</SUP>. The correlation coefficient between the fruit MMF and the pulp MMF was 0.999, therefore the MMF of the fruit is directly proportional to the amount of pulp. The wide variation in measures of MMF and fruit size may be related to the high variability of muruci plants found in the collection area.
ER  -