One of the reasons for the low market demand of blackberries in Brazil is the acid taste of the fresh fruit. The fruits of the newly released cultivar BRS Cainguá taste better and have a very attractive shape.
Keywords:
Breeding; Rubus; flavor
| Year | Cultivars | Beginning of harvest | End of harvest | Fruit weight (g) | Yield (g pl-1) | Fruit length (cm) | Fruit width (cm) | TSS (°Brix) | Ratio+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Tupy | 11/09 | - | - | 2110 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 9.1 | - |
| BRS Cainguá | 11/19 | 01/09 | 6.5 | 1520 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 8.3 | - | |
| 2013 | Tupy | 11/19 | 12/18 | 6.1 | 2226 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 9.0 | - |
| BRS Cainguá | 11/19 | 01/02 | 8.7 | 1780 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 12.7 | - | |
| 2014 | Tupy | 11/12 | 01/05 | 5.5 | 2826 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 8.2 | - |
| BRS Cainguá | 11/21 | 01/12 | 6.5 | 1717 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 6.7 | - | |
| 2015 | Tupy | 11/16 | 01/29 | 5.5 | 1980 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 9.3 | - |
| BRS Cainguá | 12/08 | 01/25 | 8.1 | 2873 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 8.7 | - | |
| 2016 | Tupy | 11/09 | 12/29 | 5.0 | 813 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 7.9 | 6.00 |
| BRS Cainguá | 11/11 | 12/29 | 6.9 | 1456 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 8.9 | 5.62 | |
| 2017 | Tupy | 11/17 | 01/30 | 4.6 | 1510 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 9.2 | 7.08 |
| BRS Cainguá | 11/21 | 01/19 | 5.0 | 1751 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 8.1 | 8.24 | |
| Average | Tupy | 11/14 | 01/10 | 5.3* | 1910.8 | 2.4* | 2.1 | 8.8 | 6.54 |
| BRS Cainguá | 11/22 | 01/11 | 7.0 | 1849.5 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 8.9 | 6.93 |
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