Title:	Acerola.
Authors:	ALVES, R. E. BEZERRA, M. A. MIRANDA, F. R. SILVA, H.
Affiliation:	Ricardo Elesbão Alves, CNPAT; Marlos Alves Bezerra, CNPAT; Fabio Rodrigues de Miranda, CNPAT; Humberto Silva, UEPB.
Date Issued:	2007
Citation:	In: JOHNSTON, A. E. (Ed.) Fertilizing for high yield and quality: tropical fruits of Brazil. Horgen: International Potash Institute: Horgen, 2007.
Pages:	p. 13-30
Description:	The acerola shrub (Malpighia ermaginata; see appendix of chapter 1) is a tropical plant that produces fruit with a large concentration of vitamin C. It is native to the Caribbean Islands. Northern South America. Central America and Southern Mexico. In Brazil its cultivation has increased from 1988 to I992. owing to the discovery of its importance to human nutrition as at result if its richness in vitamin C estimated at between 1.200 and 1,900 mg/100 g of pulp (Paiva et al., 2003).
Thesagro:	Acerola
Series/Report no.:	(IPI Bulletin, 18).
Type of Material:	Parte de livro
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Capítulo em livro técnico (CNPAT)