Author(s)

Omar Schmildt¹, Vinicius de Souza Oliveira¹, Renan Garcia Malikouski¹, Adriel Lima Nascimento¹, Karina Tiemi Hassuda dos Santos¹, Hérica Chisté¹, Gleyce Pereira Santos¹, Marcio Paulo Czepak², Rodrigo Sobreira Alexandre³, Edilson Romais Schmildt²

¹Postgraduate Program in Tropical Agriculture, Federal University of Espírito Santo, São Mateus, ES, Brazil.
²Departament of Agrarian and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Espírito Santo, São Mateus, ES, Brazil.
³Departament of Forest and Wood Science, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil.

The objective of this study was to determine the sample size needed to evaluate characters of mature fruits of yellow mombin (Spondias mombin L.). 100 fruits were evaluated from plants grown under a shading system. In the laboratory, these fruits were measured by the characters: longitudinal length (mm); equatorial diameter (mm); fruit mass (g); yield of pulp (%); total soluble solids—TSS (°Brix); titratable acidity—TA (% citric acid) and ratio (TSS/TA), being calculated the measures of central tendency and dispersion, and verified normality. Next, the sample size for each character was determined. For experimental evaluation of cajámirim fruits, considering an accuracy of 10% around the mean, 40 fruits per treatment should be evaluated, considering a completely randomized experiment.

Spondias mombin L., Error of Estimation, Sampling

Schmildt, O. , de Souza Oliveira, V. , Malikouski, R. , Nascimento, A. , dos Santos, K. , Chisté, H. , Santos, G. , Czepak, M. , Alexandre, R. and Schmildt, E. (2019) Sample Dimension for Evaluating Characters of Yellow Mombin. Agricultural Sciences, 10, 1032-1038. doi: 10.4236/as.2019.108078.