DASOMETRIC PARAMETERS IN AVOCADO TREES (Persea americana Miller) RAZA ANTILLANA AND ITS FRUIT, ARRAIJÁN,WESTERN PANAMA
Abstract
Avocado is considered an agricultural crop among several species that can contribute to food and nutritional security for the Republic of Panama. Even though the creole avocado of the West Indian race is native to tropical America, there are almost no studies on the dasometric parameters related to the production of its fruits. A study was carried out to evaluate the development of five dasometric parameters in 40 trees of creole avocado, namely: diameter at breast height (DBH), heights, commercial diameters, shape coefficients, and volumes, which were related to fruit production at ages of 10, 15, 20 and 25 years, respectively. For this purpose, the study site was selected (Burunga, Arraiján, Province of West Panamá, Panamá). Ten specimens were chosen for each age level, the dasometric parameters were measured, and the total number of fruits produced/tree/year was counted. The quasi-experimental design was applied with four treatments and ten observations for each treatment. SAS and Excel software was used for statistical analysis. Two procedures were considered: the Kruskal-Wallis test for analysis of variance and quantitative research to obtain more detailed information. The four treatments consisted of the following groups: Group A: 10 years; Group B: 15 years; Group C: 20 years, and Group D: 25 years.
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