Proposal for commercial classification of the gerbera capitulum based in the flower overlap index

Horticultura Brasileira

Raquel Dl Cardoso¹  Simone M Scheffer-basso¹  Magali F Grando¹ 

[1] ,UPF-FAMVPasso Fundo RS

关键词: Gerbera sp.;    simple capitulum;    semi-double capitulum;    double capitulum;    Gerbera hybrida;    capítulo simples;    capítulo semidobrado;    capítulo dobrado;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-05362010000200013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this work was to propose a methodology for commercial classification of gerbera´s capitulum based on the trans flowers overlap coefficient. Three to eight capitula of twenty-eight cultivars of gerbera cut flower and seven non-commercial accesses were used. The width measurement of the trans flowers group (internal ray flower) as well as the sum of the width of the trans and ray flowers (external ray flower) groups were taken from each capitulum. The average of each access and the overlap coefficient were calculated (CS = width of the trans flowers group / Σ of the width of the trans and ray flowers groups) and submitted to the multivariate analysis, to verify the grouping by the average Euclidian distance matrix. It is proposed that gerberas with CS= 0.01 to 0.15 be classified as simple, CS= 0.16 to 0.40 as semi-double and CS superior to 0.41 as double. The overlap coefficient (CS) can be used to systematize the classification of the gerbera capitula, reducing the divergences in the classification and the subjectivity in the decisions of producers, florists and breeders.

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