Plant Soil Environ., 2012, 58(7):322-327 | DOI: 10.17221/33/2012-PSE
Fruit quality attributes of blackberry grown under limited environmental conditions
- 1 Department of Fruit Growing and Viticulture, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Kragujevac, Cacak, Serbia
- 2 Department of Pomology and Fruit Breeding, Fruit Research Institute, Cacak, Serbia
- 3 Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Kragujevac, Cacak, Serbia
Fruit quality attributes were studied for two consecutive years in seven blackberry cultivars grown in a Serbian climate and on acidic soil. Physical parameters [berry weight (BW), size and shape] and chemical parameters [soluble solids content (SSC), acidity, total phenolic (TPH) and flavonoid content (TFC) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC)] were evaluated. A high variability was found in the set of the evaluated blackberry cultivars and significant differences were found among them in all studied quality attributes. Year-by-year variations were observed for all quality traits, except berry length (L) and berry shape index (BSI). A high correlation was found among TPH and TAC. In addition, most of cultivars had good adaptation capability and respectable fruit quality attributes, and also had good potential as a commercial crop for fresh and processing markets and future breeding programs.
Keywords: acidic soil; antioxidant capacity; berry size; Rubus fruticosus L.; soluble solids content
Published: July 31, 2012 Show citation
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