Opportunities and challenges for sustainable production of A. aculeata through agroforestry systems

A Cardoso, BG Laviola, GS Santos… - Industrial Crops and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Macaw palm is regarded as one of the most promising alternative raw materials for the
production of oil for biofuels and other uses. The potential yield up to 6000 kg of oil per …

A review of the palm genus Acrocomia: Neotropical green gold

NE de Lima, AA Carvalho, AW Meerow… - Organisms Diversity & …, 2018 - Springer
The genus Acrocomia, popularly known as macaw palm or macaúba, occurs in savanna
areas and open forests of tropical America, with distribution from Central to southern South …

Ecophysiological traits of the macaw palm: a contribution towards the domestication of a novel oil crop

TP Pires, E dos Santos Souza, KN Kuki… - Industrial Crops and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Acrocomia aculeata, or macaw palm, is a highly productive oleaginous palm tree with the
potential to be a new oil crop. Plant productivity is influenced by the exchange of gases …

Genome-wide SNP analysis to assess the genetic population structure and diversity of Acrocomia species

BG Díaz, MI Zucchi, A Alves‐Pereira, CP de Almeida… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Acrocomia (Arecaceae) is a genus widely distributed in tropical and subtropical America that
has been achieving economic interest due to the great potential of oil production of some of …

Acrocomia spp.: neglected crop, ballyhooed multipurpose palm or fit for the bioeconomy? A review

R Vargas-Carpintero, T Hilger, J Mössinger… - Agronomy for …, 2021 - Springer
Acrocomia spp., a genus of wild-growing palms in the neotropics, is rapidly gaining interest
as a promising multipurpose crop. Diverse products can be derived from various …

Good practices of harvest and processing provide high quality Macauba pulp oil

AA Nunes, SP Favaro, F Galvani… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Macauba or macaw palm (Acrocomia aculeata) has great potential for oil production in
tropical American biomes. This work aimed to describe a full set of procedures to obtain high …

Molecular Characterization and Population Structure of the Macaw Palm, Acrocomia aculeata (Arecaceae), Ex Situ Germplasm Collection Using Microsatellites …

ÉCM Lanes, SY Motoike, KN Kuki, C Nick… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The Acrocomia aculeata is one of the most promising plants for sustainable production of
renewable energy. In order to understand patterns of the distribution of the allelic diversity of …

Acrocomia aculeata fruits from three regions in Costa Rica: an assessment of biometric parameters, oil content and oil fatty acid composition to evaluate industrial …

JD Alfaro-Solís, A Montoya-Arroyo, VM Jiménez… - Agroforestry …, 2020 - Springer
Due to increased global demand for vegetable oils, diversification of the supply chain with
sustainable sources is necessary. Acrocomia aculeata has recently gained attention as a …

Assessing the genetic vulnerability of Macaúba palm [Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.] through the mating system and genetic diversity of open‐pollinated …

BG Díaz‐Hernández, CA Colombo… - Annals of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
At present, intelligent and sustainable agriculture presupposes a compromise between
maximising crop yield and minimising its risk of genetic vulnerability. Breeding programmes …

Structure and genetic diversity of macauba [Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.] approached by SNP markers to assist breeding strategies

BG Laviola, A dos Santos, EV Rodrigues… - Genetic Resources and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Macauba palm [Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.] is a perennial oil, it
stands out for having several characteristics of commercial interest, mainly for producing oil …