Double sigmoidal models describing the growth of coffee berries
Double sigmoidal models describing the growth of coffee berries
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DOI:
10.1590/0103-8478cr20160646
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2017-01-01
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Muniz, Joel Augusto
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Fernandes, Tales Jesus;Pereira, Adriele Aparecida;Muniz, Joel Augusto
This study aimed to verify if the growth pattern of coffee berries, considering fresh mass accumulation over time, is double sigmoid and to select the most suitable nonlinear model to describe such behavior. Data used consisted of fourteen longitudinal observations of average fresh mass of coffee berries obtained in an experiment with the cultivar Obata IAC 1669-20. The fits provided by the Logistic and Gompertz models were compared in their single and double versions. Parameters were estimated using the least squares method using the Gauss-Newton algorithm implemented in the nls function of the R software. It can be concluded that the growth pattern of the coffee fruit, in fresh mass accumulation, is double sigmoid. The double Gompertz and double Logistic models were adequate to describe such a growth curve, with a superiority of the double Logistic model.