Preliminary analysis for agroclimatic zoning proposal for peach tree cultivation in Mozambique

• Published in: Revista Ceres 2023-08, Vol.70 (4), p.8-16
• Main Authors: Fazenda, Lucídio Henriques Vote, Peche, Pedro Maranha, Curi, Paula Nogueira, Schiassi, Maria Cecília Evangelista Vasconcelos, Viol, Renata Elisa, Pio, Rafael
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Agriculture; AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; Air temperature; Altitude; Annual rainfall; Climate; climate classification; Climatic conditions; Cultivars; Cultivation; Dormancy; Exploitation; Freezing; Fruit trees; Fruits; Geographic information systems; Humidity; Meteorological data; peach; Plant tissues; Prunus; Prunus persica L; Regression analysis; Seasons; Temperature; Trees; Zoning
• ISSN: 0034-737X; 2177-3491; 2177-3491
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-737x202370040003

Keywords: climate classification; peach; Prunus pérsica L. INTRODUCTION The peach tree (Prunus pérsica L. Bastsch) is a fruit tree belonging to the family Rosaceae of Asian origin. Because it is a temperate fruit tree, it has a dormancy mechanism (Pio et al., 2018). Dormancy is the mechanism by which temperate fruit trees protect plant tissue, which is sensitive to unfavorable climatic conditions, especially below freezing temperatures (Campoy et al., 2011). Spatialization of meteorological data The agroecological zoning for peach tree cultivation in Mozambique consisted of following the cultivation standards in terms of the number of hours of chill required for plant development, related to plant budbreak (Lang et al., 1987), in addition to the mean, maximum, and minimum annual rainfall, humidity, and temperatures. The historical series of frequencies over the years during the study period was analyzed, totaling 108 record points, and rainfall, air temperature, and humidity were analyzed were collected from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) website, climwat 2.0 for cropwat 8.0 (FAO, 2021).