Cultivation and potential use of fruit plants in backyard urban Poconé, Pantanal Matogrossense

Abstract

This work had the objective of performing the survey of the fruit trees in backyards in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso and, using the survey to answer the following questions: 1 – Which morphological structures of the fruit trees cultivated in the backyards are used by the informants; 2 – Is there a relation between the richness of species and the size (sm) of the backyard? 3 – Age of the backyard and time of occupation of the backyard can influence in the number of species? The techniques of structured and semistructured interview were used, for obtaining social economic data and survey of the fruit species. To check the size relation (sm), age of the backyards and time of occupation of the backyard with the richness of the fruit trees, we performed a simple regression analysis. Whe found 55 species and 94,5% were indicated for eating, either in natura or like sweets, juices. In the analysis of simple linear regression we observed that the area (m) of the, age of the backyard and time of residence of the interviewee in the backyard did not influence the richness of fruit species. The backyards, despite the size, age or of the time of occupation perform an important role to contribute in family sustenance, as the majority of the species are used in the alimentation of the members of the family.