Abstract

CASTELLANOS GALEANO, Francisco Javier  and  LUCAS AGUIRRE, Juan Carlos. Physical characterization of the fruit of plantain varieties cropping in the coffee region of Colombia. Acta Agron. [online]. 2011, vol.60, n.2, pp.176-182. ISSN 0120-2812.

We analyzed the weight, length, core diameter and density of fruit with and without shell, and the dry matter (DM) of the plantain varieties of the Plantain group (AAB): Africa, Dominico Harton, White Cuban and Harton; and also the group Bluggoe (ABB): Popocho or Cachaco, and hybrids (AAAB), FHIA 20 and FHIA 21 repeated twice, with the exception of the hybrid FHIA 21 had a recurrence. Cachaco varieties, White Cuban and Harton were harvested in the rural municipalities of Guachené and Padilla (28 ° C, 1500 mm / year, 65% relative humidity at 1000 m.a.s.l.), Department of Cauca, Colombia. The other varieties came from the town of Palestine (22.5 ° C, 2100 mm / year, relative humidity of 76%, 1050 m.a.s.l.) Department of Caldas, Colombia. The variables weight, length and central diameter were higher in the African varieties, Harton and Dominico Harton, while FHIA 20 and Cachaco values of these variables showed below average in the study group, except for shell content where they presented the highest values. The dry matter (DM) content was higher in White Cuban and Dominico Harton, and minor in the varieties FHIA 20 and Cachaco. We found a homogeneous behavior in all physical variables among the varieties belonging to the group Plantain, highlighting the varieties Harton and Dominico Harton as the most homogeneous in all the physical variables.

Keywords : Agronomic characters; fruit crops; Musa; plantains.

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