TY - JOUR AU - Cruz, Eduardo AU - Deras, Héctor PY - 2006/07/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Collection and establishment of annonaceae in El Salvador. JF - Agronomía Mesoamericana JA - Agron. Mesoam. VL - 11 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.15517/am.v11i2.17318 UR - https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/agromeso/article/view/17318 SP - 91-95 AB - <p>The national center of agricultural and forest technology (CENTA), through its unit of phytogenetic resources, under took a collecting survey of annonacea species in 1998, with the objective of exploring, collect, characterize and establish collections in the experimental stations. This survey was carried out at a national level visiting properties and markets. Evaluated traits for fruits were: weight , lenght and diameter, number of seeds, texture of shell and pulp, form of fruit and carpels, damage for pests and diseases. It also was carried out a bromatological analysis. As a result of the survey a collection was established with these species: squamosa, cherimola, reticulata, muricata, purpurea, diversifolia, holosericea and glabra. The morphological characterization Annona muricata showed an average of 175 seeds per fruit and an average weight of 1,319 grames per fruit. A. cherimola showed a very sandy pulp and non-prominent carpels. A. squamosa showed a sweet pulp, white and very prominent carpels. According to the bromatological characterization Annona muricata showed the higher humidity (82.8%), 1.84% of crude fiber, 367ppm of phosphorus. Annona diversifolia showed the lowest fat content of 0.01%. The highest pests was caused by Bephrateloides sp. and by Colletotrichum sp. in fruits and foliage.</p> ER -