Physiological Behave of Acai Seedlings (Euterpe precatoria MART.) under Increasing Levels of Irradiance

The palm tree Euterpe precatoria Mart. is distributed all over the amazon region. The extractive exploitation mainly in coastal communities, where its use is essential in food, presents insufficient to attend a business model in isolated communities. As a result, management plans are required for the survival of this species. One of the primary limiting factors for seedling growth is light, with a view to its direct link with the photosynthetic efficiency. Among the main factors linked to the photosynthetic efficiency of plants and therefore to their establishment and development in different environments, is the concentration of chloroplastidic pigments (chlorophyll a, b and carotenoids). Based on the assumptions pointed the aim of this study was based on obtaining of knowledge and the potential of applicability on the production system of plant bags of this species from possible physiological characteristics of adaptability developed by E. precatoria Mart seedlings submitted to different conditions irradiance availability. Particularly, on the regulation of the concentrations of chloroplastidic pigments. Among the evaluations carried out in this work it can be said that Euterpe precatoria under different light intensities, proved probably acclimatized. This behavior suggests that the species tolerates environments with different levels of irradiance, about the increase of biomass and carotenoid content and chlorophyll a, there is no significant differences and showed higher levels for chlorophyll b in shaded environments (Engel & Poggiani, 1991; Kahn & De Granville, 1992).