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Diversity of yeasts during fermentation of cocoa from two sites in the Brazilian Amazon
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2019-03) ALMEIDA, Silvana de Fátima Oliveira de; SILVA, Letícia Ribeiro Carvalho; GHAGAS JUNIOR, Gilson Celso Albuquerque; OLIVEIRA, Guilherme; SILVA, Silvia Helena Marques da; VASCONCELOS JUNIOR, Santelmo Selmo de Vasconcelos; LOPES, Alessandra Santos
The purpose of this study was to identify the yeasts involved in spontaneous fermentation of cocoa from the Brazilian Amazon region. The fermentation process was carried out experimentally with cocoa seeds from two sites (Medicilândia and Tucumã), State of Pará, northern Brazil, during a six-day period. Totals of 44 yeasts were isolated from Medicilândia and 29 from Tucumã. Molecular identification was carried out by sequencing the D1/D2 region fragment of the rRNA 26S gene, expanded with universal primers for the NL1GC and LS2 eukaryotes. Pichia manshurica and Saccharomyces cerevisiae were identified in Medicilândia and five yeast species (Pichia fermentans, P. kudriavzevii, P. manshurica, S. cerevisiae and Zygosaccharomyces bailii) were identified in Tucumã. The results showed that P. manshurica and S. cerevisiae may have potential for use as starter cultures in future studies to improve the quality of cocoa seeds fermented in the Brazilian Amazon region.
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Período mínimo de colheita para avaliação de cultivares de cacau em Linhares - ES
(2003-08) DIAS, Luiz Antônio dos Santos; SOUZA, Carlos Alberto Spaggiari; AUGUSTO, Sebastião Geraldo; MÜLLER, Manfred Willy; SIQUEIRA, Paulo Roberto
The minimum harvest period for evaluating cacao cultivars was investigated. 'Maranhão', 'Pará', 'Parazinho' (non-improved local cultivars) and ehte open-pollinated 'ICS 1' and the commercial hybrid mixture (improved cultivars) were evaluated in a 5 x 5 Latin square design containing 196-plant plots, during 10 years (1984-1993). The number of healthy fruits per plant (NHFP) and the wet seed weight per hectare (WSWH) and per fruit (WSWF) were the yield components evaluated. The combination of the first six and eight years of successive harvests for NHFP and WSWH, respectively, was shown to be necessary for cultivar evaluation, when correlation analyses between annual yields and accumulated yield in the decennium were performed. Extensive variability, superior performance in post-climax (1989-1993) and cultivar trends towards interaction with pre-climax age indicated that evaluation of Linhares cacao cultivars should be conducted only after the 8th year from planting.