Lippia alba (Verbenaceae) is a shrub whose essential oil has important biological, pharmacological, and aromatizing properties. To reach the sustained cultivation of new species with economic potential, the present study aimed to evaluate L. alba performance for fresh leaf matter (FM), leaf dry matter (DM), virus symptoms (VS -Cucumber mosaic virus, CMV), oil yield (OY), and oil chemical composition (OC), and to evaluate DM stability and adaptability. Ten genotypes of four chemical groups (chemotypes) were evaluated in six experiments designed as randomized blocks with two plants per plot, over the whole State of São Paulo, Brazil. A 2.0 × 0.4 × 1.6 m spacing was used in Monte Alegre do Sul and Pindorama, while a 1.0 × 0.4 × 0.6 m spacing was used in Campinas, where four experiments were established under different irrigation and fertilization conditions. The genotype effect was significant (p < 0.05) for all traits evaluated, with high leaf productivity of IAC-16 (citral chemotype), best OY means in the linalool and limonene/carvone chemotypes, and susceptibility of the latter chemotype to CMV. The genotype performance oscillations in the six environments were significant for FM and DM, and despite their significance for phytochemical traits (OY and OC), they were of low magnitude. No qualitative variation was detected for OC. The IAC-2 (linalool) and IAC-13 (limonene/carvone) genotypes showed high stability and wide adaptability, and are recommended to establish initial cultivations of this species. This research also indicated genetic sources to start Lippia alba genetic breeding programs. IAC-1 to IAC-4 (linalool), IAC-9 to IAC-11 (myrcene/ camphor), IAC-13 and IAC-14 (limonene/carvone), and IAC-16 (citral). Plants were selected based on differences in plant morphology, oil yield, and the relative proportions of substances in the oil. Six experiments were carried out in three regions of the State of São Paulo (SP), Brazil, in a randomized block design, with four replicates and two plants (clones) per plot. Four experiments were installed in Campinas (22°31' S, 47°02' W, 680 m), representing four environments (E1 -with both fertilization and irrigation; E2 -with fertilization but no irrigation; E3 -no fertilization but with irrigation; E4 -no fertilization nor irrigation). As to fertilization, two sidedressing applications of the 04-14-08 (N, P 2 O 5 , K 2 O) fertilizer were made, and a drip irrigation system was used. A row spacing of 1.0 m was adopted in these four experiments (environments), with 0.4 m between clones and 0.6 m between plots. The other two experiments were carried out in Monte Alegre do Sul (22°24' S, 46°24' W, 760 m) (E5) and Pindorama (21°06' S, 48°32' W, 534 m) (E6), with a row spacing of 2 m, 0.4 m between clones, and 1.6 m between plots, under a sprinkler irrigation system.
-(Infl uence of air temperature on proteinase activity and beverage quality in Coffea arabica). Fruits were collected from trees of Coffea arabica cv. Obatã grown at Mococa and Adamantina in São Paulo State, Brazil, which are regions with marked differences in air temperature that produce coffee with distinct qualities. Mococa is a cooler location that produces high-quality coffee, whereas coffee from Adamantina is of lower quality. The amino acid and protein contents, amino acid profi le, and proteinase activity and type in endosperm protein extracts were analysed. Proteinase genes were identifi ed, and their expression was assayed. All results indicate that temperature plays a role in controlling proteinase activity in coffee endosperm. Proteinase activity was higher in the endosperm of immature fruits from Adamantina, which was correlated with higher amino acid content, changes in the amino acid profi le, and increased gene expression. Cysteine proteinases were the main class of proteinases in the protein extracts. These data suggest that temperature plays an important role in coffee quality by altering nitrogen compound composition.
RESUMOA espécie Lippia alba da família Verbenaceae, aromática e medicinal, é um arbusto nativo com muito vigor e variabilidade genética. O principal interesse dos estudos com esta espécie são os óleos essenciais, cujas funções têm sido comprovadas cientificamente para aplicações nas indústrias de fármacos, cosmética, perfumaria e alimentícia. Apesar desta importância potencial, inexistem pesquisas sobre estimativas de parâmetros genéticos nesta espécie como forma de subsidiar o melhoramento que até o presente momento é incipiente. Este trabalho teve como objetivo, avaliar o potencial genético de Lippia alba, estimando parâmetros genéticos inicialmente em caracteres obtidos em nível de estacas, uma vez que é a forma tradicional de multiplicação da espécie. Os caracteres avaliados foram: sobrevivência (S%), comprimento de brotos (Cb) e massa de brotos (Mb). Nesses estudos iniciais de parâmetros genéticos, envolvendo vigor de estacas, formaram-se três grupos de progênies com tamanhos efetivos de 30, 23 e 7. Excetuando-se S%, obtiveram-se altas herdabilidades, no sentido restrito, para os três tamanhos efetivos, variando de 90,2% a 94,5% para Mb e 95,2 %a 97,1% para Cb. Para S%, os valores de herdabilidade foram moderados, entre 50,0% e 56,0%. Os ganhos genéticos foram semelhantes também nos três grupos de progênies formados, refletindo ampla variabilidade genética mesmo para o grupo de reduzido tamanho efetivo de progênies. As correlações genéticas aditivas foram elevadas (87,9% a 99,9%), com predomínio nas correlações fenotípicas (G% entre 94,1% a 98,8%). Apesar das correlações elevadas de ambiente a proporção destes efeitos ambientais na correlação fenotípica foi baixa (E% entre 1,2% a 5,9%).Palavras-chave: melhoramento, ganho genético, correlações. ABSTRACT GENETIC PARAMETER ESTIMATES OF TRAITS RELATED TO VIGOR OF LIPPIA ALBA CUTTINGSThe species Lippia alba, belonging to the Verbenaceae family, is a vigorous wild bush with aromatic and medicinal properties. Due to the presence of several essential oils, it is used among others, mostly in drugs and cosmetics, perfumes. The species is poorly studied and no genetic parameter is known to help breeding programs. The main purpose of this research was to evaluate survival (S%), branches length (BL) and fresh weight (FW), in three progenies. High heritabilities, (FM 90.2% -94.5%; BL 95.2% -97.1%), in the narrow sense, were observed in all progeny groups, except for S% (50.0% -56.0%). Genetic gains were similar for all three traits, strongly suggesting the presence of large genetic variability. Additive genetic correlations were high (87.9% -98.8%) and predominate in the phenotypic correlations (G% -94.1% -98.8%). Despite the high environmental correlations, their effects on the phenotypic correlations were quite small (E% 1.2 % -5.9%).
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