FRUIT QUALITY OF SOME ROMANIAN PLUM CULTIVARS
Journal Title: FRUIT GROWING RESEARCH - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue
Abstract
Abstract Plum fruits have been used as fresh, dried and processed food by people since ancient times. The increase consumer demand regarding the fruit quality is the reason to present information about the fruits chemical composition and sensory characteristics of some plum varieties. The study was carried out in the period 2014-2016 at the Research Institute for Fruit Growing Pitesti-Maracineni, Romania on 18 plum cultivars created at RIFG Pitesti Maracineni (‘Agent’, ‘Albatros’, ‘Alina’, ‘Carpatin’, ‘Centenar’, Dambovita’, ‘Flora’, ‘Gras ameliorat’, ‘Ialomita’, ‘Pescarus’, ‘Pitestean’, ‘Renclod de Caransebes’, ‘Roman’, ‘Romanta’, ‘Tita’, ‘Tuleu timpuriu’, ‘Sarmatic’, Superb’). These cultivars were harvested at different times in the orchard, starting with the second decade of July and finishing in the last decade of August. The results of chemical composition analysis showed that the fruits of ‘Agent’, ‘Albatros’, ‘Carpatin’, ‘Centenar’, ‘Gras ameliorat’, ‘Tita’ and ‘Superb’ had a soluble solids content over 18%Brix. Fruits of ‘Albatros’, ‘Alina’, Dambovita’ and ‘Romanta’ had the highest acids content. Based on the results of sensory evaluation the best characteristics for fresh consumption were manifested to ‘Carpatin’, ‘Centenar’, ‘Tita’, ‘Alina’, Gras ameliorat’ and ‘Tuleu timpuriu’ cultivars, which presented very good taste. ‘Roman’, ‘Romanta’, ‘Dambovita’, ‘Flora’ and ‘Pitestean’ cultivars presented large fruits and good appearance but the fruits content in soluble solids were low. All these results show that some Romanian cultivars can be use in further breeding purposes and also can be recommend to be spread in commercial orchards.
Authors and Affiliations
Madalina Butac, Marilena Cojocaru
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