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Biblioteca(s): 	Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura.	
Data corrente: 	18/02/2008	
Data da última atualização: 	31/07/2023	
Autoria: 	PASSOS, O. S.	
Afiliação: 	Orlando Sampaio Passos, CNPMF.	
Título: 	The history, routes of dispersion and the contribution of the Bahia (Navel) orange for the international citrus industry.	
Ano de publicação: 	1999	
Fonte/Imprenta: 	In: SINGH, S.; GHOSH, S. P. (Ed.). Citrus management. Delhi: ISC/ICAR/NRCC, [1999].	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Conteúdo: 	Brazil was discoverd in 1500 by the Portuguese, two years later the United States be discovered by the Spanish. On April 22th, reaching the South coast of the State of Bahia, they sad the famous phrase: "Terra à vista" (land is Seen). For this reason it is admitted the brazilian citrus industry has also its origin in this State, although the first mention of sweet orange had came in 1540 from the Cananea island by a Spanish author More concerned to the trades with India after the famous discovery of the way in 1498, only 30 years after the discovery, the government of Portugal decided to colonize the country. In order to protect the new colony against posible invasions of french, spanish, deutch and english, which boats were seen frequently sailing along the coast, they divided the territory among a dozen trusted man. As a payment for the land grant, the new settlers should grow sugar cane for exporting to Europe. At that time, the first seeds of tropical fruits including sweet orange were introduced. The Jesuit priest Manoel da Nobrega wrote a letter from Bahia in 1549 pointed out the high production of citron, orange and lemon trees. Other coments written in the XV century on the existence of the citus species in Brazil are in the literature. For centuries were passed until the citrus industry become an economic activity contributing four decades later for the Brazilian world leadership in terms of citrus production and exporting of frozen concentrate orange.	
Palavras-Chave: 	Citriculture.	
Thesaurus Nal: 	biotechnology.	
Categoria do assunto: 	--	
URL: 	http://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/doc/652165/1/The-history-routes-of-dispersion-and-the-contribution-of-the-Bahia-Navel-orange-for-the-international-citrus-industry.pdf	
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