Research Article Genetics Analysis of the Biggest Cashew Tree in the World
2017; Research Foundation of Ribeirão Preto; Volume: 16; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4238/gmr16039817
ISSN1676-5680
AutoresFabrício Pires de Moura do Amaral, G H de, Lívia Alves Filgueiras, Francisco Sampaio Filho, C J R Santos Soares, M.P.M. do Amaral, Sérgio Emílio dos Santos Valente, Antônio Nazareno Guimarães Mendes,
Tópico(s)Biofuel production and bioconversion
ResumoThis study performed a genetic study of several canopies of Anacardium occidentale L. specimen called Cashew King (Cajueiro da Praia-PI, Brazil) in order to assess whether all canopies belong to the same plant. Leaves were collected from different distant points, and preserved for analysis of DNA. The analysis was made from automated sequencing by capillary electrophoresis equipment ABI3500 Genetic Analyzer (Applied Biosystems) and alignment of nucleotide sequences generated with reference sequences deposited in GenBank. According to the analysis, it was shown that all canopies belong to the same plant. Thus, the Cashew King can be considered as a single specimen A. occidentale occupying an area of 8,834 m2. The length of the specimen indicates that the “Cashew King” is the largest cashew registered according to the literature and therefore should be preserved.
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