Leonardo Duarte Pimentel

Allometric equations for estimating biomass and carbon accumulation in commercial macauba palm plantations

This study aimed to fit allometric models for dry matter mass (kg/plant) and carbon accumulation (kg/plant) in macauba palm ( Acrocomia aculeata ). Data were obtained from 18 palms grown in Araponga, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, at ages of 3.0, 5.4, 10.5, 12.2, 15.5, and 16.4 year...

Artificial pollination as a tool to improve fruit set and yield in macaw palm (Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.)

Abstract The low efficiency of natural pollination in the macauba palm limits the productive potential of the species. To address this constraint, we evaluated the effectiveness of artificial interventions applied to the inflorescence and pollination process as strategies to incr...