01682naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000190006024500670007926000090014650000940015552009460024965000140119565000110120965000250122065000100124565000110125565000200126665000140128665300110130065300110131170000210132270000250134377300480136811281652024-07-17       1997    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aMATTIUZ, B.-H.  aFruit development of three guava cultivars (Psidium guava L.).  c1997  aEdição do Proceedings of the International Symposium on Myrtaceae, Curitiba, Oct. 1996.  aThe knowledge of guava fruiting cycle is of great interest not only due to its biological aspects but also as an important datum for the application of cultural practices. This paper was carried out in the Submedio São Francisco region on four-year old plants from the germplasm bank of EMBRAPA-CPATSA. The objective was to study the fruit growth pattern of the guava cultivars Patillo, Paluma and Red Selection of Florida. Fruit length and diameter were monitored on five occasions on twenty-day intervals, resulting on sigmoidal curves characterizing three growth phases, for all cultivars. The results showed that, within the experimental period, the cultivars Red Selection of Florida and Paluma had about the same diameter and length growth rate with a mean value of 0.036 cm/day and 0.042 cm/day, respectively. The cv. Patillo had the lowest fruit growth rate, with an increment of 0.027 cm/day in diameter and 0.033 cm/day in length.  aCultivars  aGuavas  aFator de Crescimento  aFruto  aGoiaba  aPsidium Guajava  aVariedade  aPaluma  aPatilo1 aGONZAGA NETO, L.1 aLIMA FILHO, J. M. P.  tActa Horticulturaegn. 452, p. 83-86, 1997.