Variation of Eugenia uniflora L. fruit quality attributes in the south of the Argentine Gran Chaco

Production and physicochemical characterization of genotypes of Eugenia uniflora L.

“…Variations similar to the present study were observed by Dias et al (2011) when characterizing pitanga genotypes, which, in turn, were higher than the variations observed by Avila et al (2009) and Castro et al (2020). These variations are mainly influenced by environmental conditions and the behavior of each genotype in the environment (23).…”

“…Fresh fruit commercialization is usually based on physical characteristics, with larger fruits being more attractive to customers (13). All fruits of the pitanga genotypes evaluated were larger in diameter than in length, confirming previous reports (10,28).…”

“…The chemical composition of pitanga fruits can be affected by factors such as their origin, climatic conditions, the genotypes analyzed, and the harvest season (10,17,23). The vitamin C contents were above those observed by Batista et al (2014) and Sanches et al (2017).…”

“…The largest pitanga fruits ever recorded were observed by Bezerra et al (2004), with a mean of 4.5 g, and by Fonseca et al (2009), with 4.24 g in genotypes grown under mild climatic conditions. Fruits with different sizes as a function of climatic conditions were observed by Castro et al (2020), who noticed that pitanga fruits grown in Argentina are much smaller than those collected in Brazil.…”

“…Some preliminary studies have explored the genetic variability of plants aiming to select promising genotypes with desirable fruit traits (10,13,16,23). However, scientific advances are still required for the genetic improvement of pitanga due to the high genetic variability of the species.…”