%0 Journal Article
%T PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF FRUIT FROM MAURITIA FLEXUOSA L.F. (ARECACEAE) ˇ°AGUAJEˇ± OF NINE COMMUNITIES OF DATEM DEL MARA ON - LORETO REGION, PERUVIAN AMAZON.
%A Antonietta Guti¨¦rrez-Rosati
%A Sissy Alvarez
%A Cristhian Chavarry
%J The Biologist (Lima)
%D 2012
%I School of Biological Sciences and Federico Villarreal University
%X The aim of this study was to characterize phenotypically, through morphological and physicochemical variables, fruits of nine natural populations of Mauritia flexuosa L.f. (Arecaceae) of DATEM del Mara ¨®n located in the Loreto region of Peru. To achieve the goal twelve variables were analyzed. Three principal components explained 91.22 % of the total variability. In the dendrogram with an Euclidean distance of 0.95, three population groups were visualized. Group I expressed the highest concentration of a-carotene (p<0.05); Group II had the highest values of fruit width, total fruit weight, weight of seed plus episperm, seed weight, and concentration of crude fat and total energy (p<0.05); in Group III was found higher values of fruit length and peel weight (p<0.05) and with respect to the variables of pulp weight, concentration of crude protein and concentration of carbohydrate there were no significant differences among the three groups (p>0.10). This research will be useful for the selection of aguaje germplasm in Peru.
%K Aguaje
%K DATEM del Mara ¨®n - Loreto Region
%K Mauritia flexuosa
%K phenotypic characteristics
%U http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/BVRevistas/biologist/v10_n2/pdf/a01v10n2.pdf