ABSTRACT
Feijoa (Acca sellowiana) is a native Brazilian fruit with a peculiar flavour, a considerable amount of bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity. Even though this fruit tree is currently cultivated in several countries around the world, in Brazil, the process of domestication is underway, and the selection and breeding of new genotypes that are more productive and with better fruit quality is necessary. The objective of this work was to evaluate phenotypic diversity among and within progeny and to study the correlations among the quality variables of Feijoa fruit, seeking to select individuals with superior characteristics using principal component analysis. The parents who formed the progeny (families) were selected from a participatory breeding programme. We observed that individuals 47 and 93 had a combination of desirable fruit characteristics for selection, and individuals 15, 910, 98 and 410 should be selected for future crossings, as they had a high total fruit mass and soluble solid content or the highest percentage of pulp and rounded fruit shape. Larger fruit, in general, had a lower percentage of pulp. Principal component analysis is a viable tool in the pre-selection of new genotypes and potential progenitors for Feijoa breeding programmes.(AU)
Feijoa (Acca sellowiana) é uma fruteira nativa do Brasil com sabor peculiar, com considerável quantidade de compostos bioativos e atividade antioxidante. Mesmo sendo cultivada em diversos países, no Brasil, seu processo de domesticação está em curso e a seleção e o melhoramento para obtenção de novos genótipos, com maior produtividade e melhor qualidade de frutas, é necessário. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a diversidade fenotípica entre e dentro de progênies e estudar as correlações entre as variáveis de qualidade de frutos de Feijoa, buscando selecionar indivíduos com características superiores, usando análise de componentes principais. Os progenitores que formaram as populações (famílias) analisadas foram selecionados a partir de um programa de melhoramento participativo. Foi observado que os indivíduos 47 e 93 apresentaram uma combinação de características de frutos desejáveis para seleção, e os indivíduos 15, 910, 98 e 410 podem ser selecionados para futuros cruzamentos, pois possuem maior massa total de frutos e sólidos solúveis, ou maior porcentagem de rendimento de polpa e formato arredondado. Maior tamanho de frutos, em geral, tiveram uma menor percentagem de polpa. A análise de componentes principais é uma ferramenta viável para pré-seleção de genótipos e potencias progenitores em programas de melhoramento de Feijoa.(AU)
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Genetic Variation , Myrtaceae/genetics , Phytochemicals/genetics , Multivariate AnalysisABSTRACT
The application of medicinal plants are the most important biotechnological alternative in the treatment of numerous diseases, especially in developing countries, such as Brazil. Among them, we specified some specimens of the genus Cnidoscolus used as phytotherapies, with healing properties, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antibiotic and diuretic, anticancer, among others. Such effects are possibly associated with the presence of terpenoids, alkaloids, coumarins, flavonoids phenolic compounds, among others. Thus, the objective of this work was to evaluate in the literature the studies on the phytochemical, ethnopharmacological and biotechnological applications of this genus, from 1998 to 2017. Among the sixty-one studies reported in this review, ten species are popularly utilized to pharmacological and/or biotechnological applications. Cnidoscolus aconitifolius and Cnidoscolus chayamansa are the most cited species, which were also supported by either animal or cellular investigations indicating some beneficial pharmacological actions like antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and potential cytotoxic activity. The plant parts of this genus under study are important as sources for the isolation and identification of bioactive molecules with biotechnological applications, among the many diseases treated with this phytotherapy. Given these verdicts, ethnopharmacological approaches are significant systematic tools in the determination of plant species that exhibit medicinal and nutritional purposes. The results presented here should further stimulate the development of validation studies to ensure the safe and effective use of these plant species.