The papaya cultivar UC14, recommended for the Southeast and Northeast regions of Brazil, was developed by UENF/CALIMAN breeding program. ‘UC14’ produces smaller fruit than those of Formosa hybrid, with a mean weight of 0.8 kg and a mean fruit yield of 199.45 t ha-1.
Keywords:
Carica papaya L.; plant breeding; hybrid.
| Cultivar | Pureza (RN) | Linhares (ES) | Mean | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSS | NMF | FW | Yield | TSS | NMF | FW | Yield | Yield | |
| ‘UC14’ | 10.3a | 157.63a | 0.802d | 230.80bc | 10.6a | 119.87a | 0.749e | 168.10cde | 199.45 |
| ‘Golden’ | 10.2a | 139.50ab | 0.385e | 103.05e | 9.6b | 132.98a | 0.392f | 101.05f | 102.05 |
| ‘Tainung’ | 9.5b | 63.57e | 1.390b | 152.74d | 9.0b | 63.11c | 1.595b | 196.60abc | 174.67 |
| Cultivar | Acceptance | Purchase intention | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aroma | Flavor | Texture | OI | EA | IA | PI1 | PI2 | PI3 | |
| ‘UC14’ | 6.90ab | 6.86abc | 7.00a | 6.96ab | 6.86ab | 7.80a | 4.06a | 3.98a | 4.56a |
| ‘Golden’ | 6.50abc | 6.58abc | 6.86ab | 6.64bc | 4.46d | 5.64d | 3.64ab | 2.32ab | 3.04ab |
| ‘Tainung’ | 5.24e | 4.62e | 4.78d | 4.88d | 5.80c | 4.48e | 2.34d | 3.12d | 2.22d |
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