Productivity and commercial classification of pitaya in orchard with pollination
Information related to the productivity and classification of pitaya allows the assessment of the need and planning of orchard pollination. The objective of this study was to evaluate the productivity and commercial classification of the pitaya Selenicereus monacanthus with manual cross-pollination...
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| author | Cíntia Gonçalves Sena Deilson de Almeida Alves Maria do Céu Monteiro Cruz Núbia Cassiana Santos João Esdras Lima Amanda Gonçalves Guimarães |
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Information related to the productivity and classification of pitaya allows the assessment of the need and planning of orchard pollination. The objective of this study was to evaluate the productivity and commercial classification of the pitaya Selenicereus monacanthus with manual cross-pollination management with the species Selenicereus undatus and natural pollination. The evaluations were carried out on a total of 20 plants from an orchard in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Pollen grains were collected from flowers of the S. undatus species plants for cross-pollination with the species S. monacanthus. In the plants corresponding to natural pollination, the flowers were pollinated by natural pollinators. The comparison of manual and natural cross-pollination was performed based on the calculation of the orchard productivity. The commercial classification was performed based on the determination of the individual mass of each fruit. With manual cross-pollination, the estimated productivity of S. monacanthus was 49.2 Mg ha-1, while with natural pollination, it reached 14.3 Mg ha-1, with manual cross-pollination management increasing productivity by 244%. Pitaya with manual cross-pollination receive a better classification and, with natural pollination, most pitaya did not reach the minimum size for commercialization. The commercial classification of pitaya was greater than 50% in the Extra class with manual cross-pollination. With natural pollination, less than 40% of pitaya reached the standard for commercialization.
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| spelling | doaj-art-fe918f703256480caa37d684a67474802025-02-11T19:56:25ZengInstituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas GeraisRevista Agrogeoambiental1984-428X2316-18172025-02-0117unico10.18406/2316-1817v17nunico20251967Productivity and commercial classification of pitaya in orchard with pollinationCíntia Gonçalves Sena0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7689-3894Deilson de Almeida AlvesMaria do Céu Monteiro Cruz1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1293-1569Núbia Cassiana Santos2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4769-0005João Esdras Lima3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9500-7496Amanda Gonçalves Guimarães4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-8287Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri ValleysFederal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri ValleysFederal University of GoiásFederal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri ValleysFederal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys Information related to the productivity and classification of pitaya allows the assessment of the need and planning of orchard pollination. The objective of this study was to evaluate the productivity and commercial classification of the pitaya Selenicereus monacanthus with manual cross-pollination management with the species Selenicereus undatus and natural pollination. The evaluations were carried out on a total of 20 plants from an orchard in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Pollen grains were collected from flowers of the S. undatus species plants for cross-pollination with the species S. monacanthus. In the plants corresponding to natural pollination, the flowers were pollinated by natural pollinators. The comparison of manual and natural cross-pollination was performed based on the calculation of the orchard productivity. The commercial classification was performed based on the determination of the individual mass of each fruit. With manual cross-pollination, the estimated productivity of S. monacanthus was 49.2 Mg ha-1, while with natural pollination, it reached 14.3 Mg ha-1, with manual cross-pollination management increasing productivity by 244%. Pitaya with manual cross-pollination receive a better classification and, with natural pollination, most pitaya did not reach the minimum size for commercialization. The commercial classification of pitaya was greater than 50% in the Extra class with manual cross-pollination. With natural pollination, less than 40% of pitaya reached the standard for commercialization. https://agrogeoambiental.ifsuldeminas.edu.br/index.php/Agrogeoambiental/article/view/1967Selenicereus monacanthusSelenicereus undatusCommercial yieldDragon fruitFruit size |
| spellingShingle | Cíntia Gonçalves Sena Deilson de Almeida Alves Maria do Céu Monteiro Cruz Núbia Cassiana Santos João Esdras Lima Amanda Gonçalves Guimarães Productivity and commercial classification of pitaya in orchard with pollination Revista Agrogeoambiental Selenicereus monacanthus Selenicereus undatus Commercial yield Dragon fruit Fruit size |
| title | Productivity and commercial classification of pitaya in orchard with pollination |
| title_full | Productivity and commercial classification of pitaya in orchard with pollination |
| title_fullStr | Productivity and commercial classification of pitaya in orchard with pollination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Productivity and commercial classification of pitaya in orchard with pollination |
| title_short | Productivity and commercial classification of pitaya in orchard with pollination |
| title_sort | productivity and commercial classification of pitaya in orchard with pollination |
| topic | Selenicereus monacanthus Selenicereus undatus Commercial yield Dragon fruit Fruit size |
| url | https://agrogeoambiental.ifsuldeminas.edu.br/index.php/Agrogeoambiental/article/view/1967 |
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