CARACTERIZACIÓN MORFOLÓGICA DE GERMOPLASMA DE GUAYABOS DE MÉXICO: IMPLICACIONES EN SU CONSERVACIÓN Y MEJORAMIENTO GENÉTICO

ABSTRACT Guavas (Psidium guajava L.) growing throughout Mexico show broad morphologic and productive variation due the crop is commonly sexual-propagated. The characterization of genetic diversity of Mexican guava germplasm will allow identify potential parents for genetic improvement as well as the production of new clonal cultivars. In this work 88 guava accessions [87 belong to P. guajava and one from P. friedrichsthalianum (Berg.) Niedz] growing in Huanusco, Zacatecas Mexico were characterized on the basis of 50 morphologic descriptors. The 95% of germplasm shows ovoid or round fruit shap...