Australian red cedar is a widespread species in Southeast, Midwest and Northeast regions of Brazil, which achieves high productivity. It has wood of excellent quality for noble purposes. However, in Southern Brazil it presents growth adjustment problems due to frost occurrence. The aim of the study was to verify cold tolerance and silvicultural potential of Australian red cedar in two locations in Southern Braz...
The aim of this work was to determine the chemical composition of Ocotea porosa fruit (rind and seed) (centesimal composition, macronutrients, micronutrients lipids, fatty acid distribution, and α-tocopherol) from matrixes collected in Colombo, PR. The rind and seed components were carbohydrates (54.4 %),proteins(38.5 %) and lipids (5.6 %), and carbohydrates (33.4%), lipids (19.9 %) and proteins (2.9 %), respec...
This paper aims to aprimorate the technic of offshots rooting and preparing of offshoots and verify the effect of progenies and substrates on the rooting of peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth. var. gasipaes Henderson) offshots. Average of survival varying from 26.6 % to 60 %, of rooting from 3.3 % to 10 %. The progenies survivalaverage varied from 16.6 % to 26.6 % and rooting from 10 % to 16.6 %. Technic for ex...
Vegetative propagation of imbuya (Ocotea porosa) and the germination process of its seeds is slow, justifying tetrazolium test, that is faster for verifying viability of seeds. Seeds of Colombo (PR) native trees were collected and treated with 0.1 %, 0.3 % and 0.5 % tetrazolium solutions for one and two hours, presenting percentual variation associated with the different treatments. No statistical significant...
Physic-chemical parameters were used to evaluate the quality of fresh palm hearts of palm in the breeding program for quality of material produced. We monitored the pH, acidity (TA) and soluble solids (SS) of palm fresh during storage under refrigeration of the two most important populations of peach palm cultivated in Brazil. Were analyzed for microbiological and significant differences between the populations...
Exploitation of imbuya (Ocotea porosa) occurred at the same time of Araucaria angustifolia. Imbuya is threatned of extinction, owns a valuable wood and for these characteristics, Embrapa Florestas, located at Colombo, State of Paraná, Brazil, decided to make efforts for its conservation ex-situ. Collects in Southern Brazil at the localities of Caçador, Canoinhas (State of Santa Catarina), Colombo and Bocaiúva d...
Imbuya (Ocotea porosa Nees et Martius ex. Nees, Lauracea) is a species of Mixed Ombrophylous Forest threatened of extinction that owns a high quality wood for furniture. Embrapa Florestas is performing imbuya seeds collections for establishing a germplasm bank in october, 2004 in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. In spite of its importance, studies about variance components as a basis for phenotypic selectio...
Imbuya (Ocotea porosa Nees et Martius ex. Nees, Lauraceae) is a species menaced of extinction. In 2003, Embrapa Florestas began a program for its conservation exsitu collecting germplasm at Colombo, Bocaiuva – Paraná state, Canoinhas and Caçador – Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Seeds were immersed in sulphuric acid 70% against dormancy of tegument. Low germination index were obtained, varying from 9,70% to 18,19...
DNA extraction is a very important step for DNA genetic analysis in peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth.). The aim of this work was to develop a methodology of DNA extraction. Fresh, frozen and dried leaves were utilized. DNA from fresh leaves were purified one time while frozen and dried leaves was purified two times. DNA bands were coloured intensively showing a high amount of purified DNA and with an excellen...
An experiment was established in Paranaguá, located in the costal region of the State of Paraná, in southern Brasil, in order to evaluate commercial yield of hearth-of-palm produced by Peach-Palm (Bactris gasipaes) established under the following four different initial spacings: T1 2x1m (5000 seedlings/ha); T2 3x1m (3333 seedlings/ha); T3 1,5x1x1m (8000 seedlings/ha); and T4 2x1x1m (6666 seedlings/ha). Mineral ...