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Assessment Of Acerola Pollen Characteristics From A Barbados Planting

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  • Michelini, S.
  • Murray, D.
  • Chillery, L.E.

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The causes of low fruit set at a mixed cultivar planting of acerola (Malpighia punicifolia ) in Barbados were investigated. Pollen viability was assessed by in vitro germination and stainability. Maximum germination rates varied amongst the five cultivars, ranging from 3.4 to 73.0 %. Poor correlations between germinability and stainability were found with staining tending to over estimate pollen viability. Ail of the flowers opening on a day did so before 6 a.m Anther dehiscence did not start until late afternoon in Cv. Florida Sweet whereas it had started by 8 a.m in the other cultivars. Thus in Cv. Florida Sweet self pollen is being shed after the peak stigmatic receptivity which occurs shortly after flower opening. In all cultivars, pollen germinability was highest early in the morning. The pollen load found on stigmas was generally low (<10 grains). The presence of incomptability barriers was investigated by comparing fruit yields from open pollination, with those obtained from self and cross pollination. Some self and cross incompatibility was found amongst the five cuitivars. The primary cause of low fruit set in this planting appears to bo the lack of an efficient pollination vector which is compounded by the presence of incompatibility. ----- Les causes d'un faible taux de fructification dans une plantation de la Barbade à mélange de cultivars du cerisier (Malpighia punicifolia ) a été étudié. La viabilité du pollen a été évaluée par germination in vitro et colorabilité. Le maximum de germination varie, allant de 3,4 à 73 % selon le cultivar. La corrélation est faible entre germination et colorabilité, celle-ci tend à une surestimation. Toutes les floraisons d'un jour ont lieu avant 6 heures. La déhiscence de Florida Sweet ne commence que tard l'aprèsmidi, alors qu'à 8 h elle est commencée chez les autres. Ainsi l'auto-pollen de Florida Sweet n'est dispersé qu'après son pic de réceptivité stigmatique lequel suit rapidement l'anthèse. Chez tous les cultivars la germination est maximale tôt le matin. Il y avait peu de pollen généralement sur les stigmates (<10 grains). La présence de barrières d'incompatibilité a été étudiée en comparant la fructification en pollinisation ouverte et en auto et allopollinisation contrôlées. Quelques auto et alio incompatibilités ont été trouvées. La première cause de faible fructification dans cette plantation semble être l'absence de vecteur de pollinisation efficace renforcée par la présence d'incompatibilité.

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  • Michelini, S. & Murray, D. & Chillery, L.E., 1989. "Assessment Of Acerola Pollen Characteristics From A Barbados Planting," 25th Annual Meeting, July 1-6, 1989, Gosier, Guadeloupe 260003, Caribbean Food Crops Society.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:cfcs89:260003
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.260003
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