Relationship between morphological characters and yield components in plantains

Authors

  • Alessandro de Magalhães Arantes Ifet Baiano Campus Guanambi
  • Sérgio Luiz Rodrigues Donato Ifet Baiano - Campus Guanambi
  • Sebastião de Oliveira e Silva Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropical

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab2010.v45.7386

Keywords:

cooking bananas, phenotypic correlation, phenotypic descriptors, correlated response

Abstract

The objective of this work was to assess the magnitude and significance of associations between morphological traits and yield of plantains. Five genotypes were evaluated: Terra, Terra-maranhão, Terrinha, and D'Angola (AAB), besides the hybrid Fhia-21 (AAAB). The associations of bunch weight (BW) with plant characters were not significant, for most of the genotypes. When all genotypes were analyzed simultaneously, most of the evaluated traits showed significant correlations between themselves. In this case, BW was significantly correlated to all traits except fruit-skin thickness.

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Published

2011-01-10

How to Cite

Arantes, A. de M., Donato, S. L. R., & Silva, S. de O. e. (2011). Relationship between morphological characters and yield components in plantains. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 45(2), 224–227. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab2010.v45.7386

Issue

v.45, n.2, fev. 2010

Section

SCIENTIFIC NOTES