A study was conducted in Ceara, Brazil in 2000 to evaluate the intercropping systems of tropical fruit trees. Ten species were planted in 1.2 ha, and each row had 2 species in alternate and divergent positions in relation to the lateral lines, so that each plant was surrounded by plants of...

The commercialization of exotic fruits in Brazil has been expanding considerably in the last years presenting the production of approximately 40 million tons, keeping behind only of China and India. Know the biometric variability of fruits is of great importance, since each fruit has a special...

Parasitoids are important natural control agents of tephritids and knowledge about the tritrophic relationships can support the management of these pests. This study aimed to estimate of parasitism indexes in fruit flies in 21 plant species and identify the species of parasitoids associated, in...

The Cerrados region of Brazil covers an area of ∼204 million ha, encompassing a large variety of soils, climate, fauna and flora. Propagation techniques and cultural methods for fruit trees in general are described. Specific information (common and scientific names, family, distribution, plant...

Fruit fly species, their host plants and their parasitoids were studied in Ilha de Santana, Amapá State, Brazil. Forty four samples from 13 host species (Spondias mombin, Mangifera indica, Psidium guajava, Averrhoa carambola, Passiflora sp., Malpighia punicifolia, Pouteria caimito, Genipa...

The antioxidant activity and polyphenol and anthocyanin contents of wild tropical fruit and commercial frozen fruit pulps in southern Brazil, were investigated. The detection of 2.2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) was used to determine the antioxidant activity, the Folin-Ciocalteu method...

Brazil has great importance in the fruits market; however, data on the composition of Brazilian tropical fruits, mainly of those produced in the Northeast region, are scarce. The present study measured the levels of macro- and microminerals in 11 tropical fruits cultivated in the northeast of...

Physical and chemical characteristics (color, pH, titratable acidity, total soluble solids, lipid content, moisture) and levels of bioactive compounds (ascorbic acid, total phenolics) were determined in fifteen samples of fruit pulps from Amazonia (abiu, acerola, açaí, araça-boi, bacaba, bacuri,...

Fruits of Annona muricata, Annona squamosa, caja (Spondias lutea) [mombin], Averrhoa carambola, Genipa americana, Myrciaria cauliflora, Eugenia jambos, Hancornia speciosa, Couepia rufa, Talisia esculenta, Manilkara achras, seriguela (Spondias mombin), Tamarindus indica and Spondias tuberosa were...

This study reported for the first time the occurrence of the pink hibiscus mealybug Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green, 1908) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil attacking the following fruit species: soursop (Annona muricata L.) (Annonaceae), guava (Psidium guajava L.) (Myrtaceae), ...