2007
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-05362007000100020
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'Brasileirinha': cultivar de abóbora (Cucurbita moschata) de frutos bicolores com valor ornamental e aptidão para consumo verde

Abstract: 'Brasileirinha' é uma cultivar de abóbora (Cucurbita moschata) com frutos bicolores que foi desenvolvida com o objetivo de disponibilizar um produto diferenciado devido ao aspecto ornamental e a composição nutricional de seus frutos. Esta cultivar foi selecionada na geração F7, sendo obtida via cruzamentos convencionais entre um acesso de frutos bicolores, provavelmente devido à presença de um alelo do gene B, e a cultivar Mocinha (com frutos imaturos de cor verde uniforme). A característica peculiar da cultiv… Show more

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“…are widely cultivated and used as food since ancient times. Some species, such as Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita maxima e Cucurbita pepo, revealed high levels of carotenoids (Boiteux et al, 2007;Rodriguez-Amaya et al, 2008). Cucurbita moschata covers many varieties of pumpkin that are grown both in small farms as in large areas of commercial crops in Brazil.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…are widely cultivated and used as food since ancient times. Some species, such as Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita maxima e Cucurbita pepo, revealed high levels of carotenoids (Boiteux et al, 2007;Rodriguez-Amaya et al, 2008). Cucurbita moschata covers many varieties of pumpkin that are grown both in small farms as in large areas of commercial crops in Brazil.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some varieties such as C. moschata, C. maxima and C. pepo, with colors ranging from intense yellow to orange, have revealed high levels of carotenoids, mainly α and β-carotene, β-criptoxanthina, lutein and zeaxanthin (Boiteux et al, 2007;Rodriguez-Amaya, Kimura, Godoy, & Amaya-Farfan, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Brazil, C. moschata cultivars are known to contain high amount of α-and β-carotene. β-carotene has 100% pro-vitamin A activity, and α-carotene has approximately 53% pro-vitamin A activity (Mínguez-Mosquera et al, 2002;Silva & Mercadante, 2002;Boiteux et al, 2007;Rodriguez-Amaya et al, 2008).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%