EFFECT OF TWO GREENHOUSE COVERS ON GROWTH, DRY MATTER CONTENT AND TOMATO FRUIT QUALITY

2005 ◽  
pp. 481-486
Author(s):  
L. Jarquin-Enriquez ◽  
E. Mercado-Silva ◽  
E. Castaño-Tostado
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Dry Matter Content

scholarly journals The effect of nitrogen supply on specific yield and fruit quality of apple (Malus domestica Borkh.)

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Racskó ◽  
J. Nagy ◽  
Z. Soltész ◽  
M. Soltész ◽  
P. T. Nagy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Shape Index ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Nitrogen Supply ◽  
Specific Yield ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
Canopy Density ◽  
Apple Cultivars

The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of nitrogen supply on yield and fruit quality of apple cultivars and to explore the relationships between canopy density and the different fruit quality parameters. The experiments were carried out at Kálmánháza, in Eastern Hungary in a private orchard in 2003-2004. The response of four apple cultivars ('Elstar', 'Gala Prince', 'Granny Smith', 'Idared') to different nitrogen dosages was studied. The assessed and calculated indices were: yield, fruit diameter, fruit height, shape index, fruit mass, firmness, dry matter content and colouration. The results indicated that nitrogen fertilization has a significant effect on the yield and fruit quality of apple cultivars. The calculated specific yield values were reduced by the application of nitrogen via the increase in the volume of the canopy. An opposit trend was observed for fruit diameter, fruit height and fruit weight, which increased with increasing nitrogen supply. The reduced shape index caused flattening of fruits. However, the improvement of fruit quality via increasing nitrogen dosage is only virtual, since these dosages increase the fruit size, but firmness, dry matter content and colouration are diminished, which decreases the value of the fruits on the market. The authors also studied the relationships between canopy density responsible for assimilation and light supply of the fruits and the different fruit quality parameters. The closest linear inversely proportional relationship was found in the case of colouration. There was a negative linear relationship between canopy density and firmness or dry matter content. The relationship between canopy density and fruit mass could be described by a quadratic polinomial function.

scholarly journals The effect of sunburn damage on the fruit quality parameters of apple (Malus domestica cv. Idared)

2005 ◽  
pp. 55-64
Author(s):  
Lejla Budai ◽  
József Racskó ◽  
Zoltán Szabó ◽  
Miklós Soltész ◽  
Ervin Farkas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Tissue Damage ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Apple Fruit ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
Flesh Firmness ◽  
Epidermal Tissue

In the present study the authors investigated the effect of sunburn injury on fruit quality parameters (cover colour, depth of tissue damage, fruit flesh firmness, dry matter content) of apple.The symptoms of sunburn injury appeared as concentric rings, differing in colour from each other and the cover colour. This can be connected with the ratio of the injury. The authors observed the following colours on the fruit surface (from the epicentre of spots on the surface of the fruit) dark brown (strongly damaged), light brown (moderately damaged), pale red transition (weakly damaged), red surface cover colour (not damaged).Sunburn of apple fruits is a surface injury caused by solar radiation, heat and low relative humidity. In the initial phase, a light corky layer, golden or bronze discolouration and injuries of the epidermal tissue appear on the surface exposed to radiation. Thus, it detracts from the fruit’s appearance, but in most of the cases it would not cause serious damages in the epidermal tissue. The depth of tissue damage is not considerable, its values are between 1.5-2.0 mm in general. It is commonly known, that tissue structure of the apple fruit is not homogeneous. Accordingly, the degree of injury shows some differences under the different parts of the fruit surface.On the basis of the flesh firmness studies, it can be stated that the flesh firmness of the damaged parts increases due to the sunburn effect. This is due to the fact that the damaged plant cells die, the water content of the tissue decreases and it hardens. However, due to this reduction in the water content the dry matter content will increase.

scholarly journals Relationship between skin color and some fruit quality characteristics of 'Hass' avocado.

1969 ◽  
Vol 95 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
Jorge A. Osuna-García ◽  
Gilles Doyon ◽  
Samuel Salazar-García ◽  
Ricardo Goenaga ◽  
Isidro J. L. González-Durán
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
The United States ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Avocado Fruit ◽  
Hass Avocado

Mexico is the main 'Hass' avocado exporter in the world. More than 300,0001 are exported every year. The United States of America, Japan, the European Union, and Canada are the main importer countries. Recently, 'Hass'avocado shipments to Canada containing fruit with skin blackening have been rejected since this characteristic is associated with low pulp firmness and short shelf life. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between skin color of 'Hass' avocado fruit with quality characteristics. Fruit varying in black skin color (from 0 to 100%, categories 1 to 5) were collected from two different packinghouses in Michoacán, Mexico. Treatments were arranged in a split-plot design with five replications. Significant differences were detected between packinghouses for weight, length, skin color ('a', ‘b’, chroma and hue) and pulp firmness but not for width, dry matter content or the Avocado Maturity Index (AMI). As color skin category increased towards more blackened fruit, AMI value increased, firmness decreased but dry matter content did not change. These results provide evidence that fruit skin blackening is not associated with lower fruit quality, but it did lower pulp firmness at fruit packing.

scholarly journals 305 Effects of Electrical Conductivity (EC) and Its Diurnal Changes in Nutrient Feedings on Fruit Yield and Quality of Greenhouse Tomato Grown in Rockwool

HortScience ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 444C-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuming Hao ◽  
Athanasios P. Papadopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
Diurnal Changes ◽  
Tomato Crop ◽  
Greenhouse Production ◽  
Fruit Cracking

Poor tomato fruit quality in summer time (soft fruit, cracking, and russetting) is a major greenhouse production problem in North America. To improve tomato quality and yield, especially under summer conditions, four EC treatments were applied to a tomato crop grown in rockwool in summer and fall of 1999 at the Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research Centre, Harrow, Ont., Canada. The four fertigation solution EC treatments were 1) constant low EC at 2.54 mS·cm-1, 2) constant high EC at 3.82 mS·cm-1, 3) diurnal EC variation (1 to 5 mS·cm-1) with a 24-h average of 2.54 mS·cm-1 and 4) diurnal EC variation (1 to 7 mS·cm-1) with a 24-h average of 3.82 mS·cm-1. For diurnal EC variation, the plants were fed with low EC in the morning and around noon, and high EC in the afternoon and night. High EC (3.82 mS·cm-1, constant or 24-h average for diurnal variation) treatments, in comparison to the recommended EC (2.54 mS·cm-1) treatments, improved tomato fruit quality by reducing fruit cracking, and increasing percentage of grade #1 fruit, fruit firmness, soluble solid and dry-matter content. However, the constant high EC treatment resulted in smaller fruit size and lower yield. Diurnal EC variation with a high EC average (24-h average: 3.82 mS·cm-1) did not reduce fruit size and yield, and reduced fruit russetting. Therefore, a diurnal fertigation EC variation strategy-supplying low EC solution in the morning and noon and high EC solution in the afternoon and night, with an overall 24-h average of 3.82 mS·cm-1, may be used to improve tomato fruit quality.

scholarly journals Yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) fruit harvested from plants grown in mulched soil

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Joanna Majkowska-Gadomska ◽  
Brygida Wierzbicka ◽  
Katarzyna Arcichowska
Keyword(s):  
Dry Matter ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Bare Soil ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
Marketable Yield ◽  
Nitrate Accumulation ◽  
Tomato Plants ◽  
Cultivar Selection ◽  
The University

A study investigating the yield of field-grown tomatoes was conducted in 2007–2009 in the Garden of the Research and Experimental Station of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. The experimental materials comprised two tomato cultivars, 'Bawole Serce' and 'Złoty Ożarowski'. Tomato plants were grown in bare soil and in soil mulched with black non-woven PP 50 fabric. Cultivar selection had a significant effect only on average early yield of 'Bawole Serce'. The highest average early yield for three years of the study was recorded for 'Bawole Serce' grown in mulched soil, while the lowest one for 'Złoty Ożarowski' grown in mulched plots. Tomato marketable yield was significantly higher in both treatments where 'Bawole Serce' plants were grown. Fruits harvested from tomato plants 'Złoty Ożarowski' had a higher dry matter content. Soil mulching significantly increased the dry matter content of 'Złoty Ożarowski' tomato fruit. The experimental factors had no influence on the concentrations of L-ascorbic acid, total sugars, and organic acids. Nitrate levels in tomato fruit were within permissible limits, and they were significantly affected by the cultivation method and the method x cultivar interaction. Nitrate accumulation was reduced in tomato plants 'Złoty Ożarowski' grown in mulched soil.

scholarly journals Fruit Quality of Some Hot Peppers Cultivars from Vegetable Research Development Station Buzau

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Ovidia Loredana AGAPIE ◽  
Costel VÎNĂTORU ◽  
Andreea STAN ◽  
Mihai FRÎNCU ◽  
Elena BARCANU-TUDOR ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Titratable Acidity ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Great Variability ◽  
Soluble Solids ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
Total Soluble Solids ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Hot Peppers

The aim of this study was to assess phenotypic diversity in terms of fruit quality traits and yield, and also to establish valuable genotypes for breeding purpose suitable for different direction of use. Ten cultivars of hot peppers bred at VRDS Buzau were collected and fruit quality (dry matter content, fruit firmness, the total soluble solids, titratable acidity and ascorbic acid content) was evaluated at different ripening stages. A very highly significant difference (p<0.01) was found for the studied quantitative parameters, showing a great variability among the studied accessions. During ripening, the dry matter content, the firmness, the TSS content and the titratable acidity increase for all studied cultivars and there were significant differences between them. A broad range of variation was noted in Vitamin C content in both stages of maturity. In the present research work, a great variability among the studied accessions was found. Fully ripe fruits were found considerably richer in the bioactive factor than unripe fruits. Our results have selected two important genotypes: A12A, an accession suitable for obtaining chili powder, due to the his low content in dry matter and total soluble solids and accession A135 suited for fresh consumption and for long shelf life because it has a high firmness.

scholarly journals Chemical characteristics of nectarine genitors used for breeding program in Romania

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ivascu
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin C ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Titratable Acidity ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Breeding Program ◽  
Chemical Characteristics ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
High Vitamin

The geographic location of Bucharest area, the nature of its soil and its climate offer remarkably favourable conditions for nectarine growing, with juicy and well flavoured fruit, good for fresh consumption and processing. The five years' investigation (1996-2000) has helped to identify some nectarine cultivars and hybrids (NJN 58, ARK 165, ARK 139, Morton, ARK 107, Romamer I, ARK 125, Firebrite) with exceptional fruit quality (dry matter content, titratable acidity, vitamin C content, overall sugar, and amount of pectic substances). Dry matter content varied over the three years from 8.3 to 18.5% (NJN 68), meanwhile titratable acidity varied between 0.26 and 1.08% (Romamer I). Sugar / acidity ratio was within the limits of 8.6 and 36.5 (Nectared 7). Nectarines have high vitamin C content, over 10 mg/100g (Fairlane, NJN 67, Regina, Harko), glucides were found in Firebrite, Romamer I varieties and NJN 21, CIR1T127, HFSR3P4, HNA hybrids. Some cultivars have been recommended for planting in this southern area of Romania (Crimsongold, ARK 125, Harko, Hardyred, ARK 134), others used as quality genitors (ARK 85, Nectared 7, NJN 21, ARK 21, ARK 134, Fantasia) in breeding projects.

scholarly journals Evaluation of fruit quality of apple land varieties

Gradus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-50
Author(s):  
Ildikó Király
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Functional Foods ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
Flesh Firmness ◽  
Golden Delicious

The study examines applefruit qualityattributes of eight cultivars, i.e., weight, size, flesh firmness,and soluble dry matter content. Half of the examined cultivars matchedthe fruit quality of the control ‘Golden Delicious’. Additionally, the study evaluated each cultivar’snutritionalvalue and how they can serveas functional foods.

scholarly journals Correlative relation of yield and fruit quality with some phenological phases in peach

Genetika ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Rakonjac
Keyword(s):  
Flowering Time ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Fruit Set ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Phenotypic Correlation ◽  
Dry Matter Content ◽  
Ripening Time

Ripening time of peach cultivars that are grown up in our country is extended over a time period of almost four months. In addition to that, one of more important objectives of the peach breeding is creation of the cultivars having either very early or very late ripening time. Our so far experience is that the peach cultivars which ripening time is in the extremes is of lower fruit quality. The aim of this study, therefore, was to determine relationship and the nature of the dependence between flowering time or ripening time from one side and yield, yield components (initial and final fruit set, fruit weight and stone weight) and chemical composition of fruit (content of total dry matter, content of soluble solids, content of total, invert and reduced sugar and content of total acid) on the other side. Twenty peach cultivars each having a different ripening time were using as material. The relationship between characteristics was determined on the basis of values of genetic and phenotypic correlation coefficients. Genetic and phenotypic coefficients of correlation were calculated based on the results of monofactorial analysis of covariance where the years considered as replications. It was confirmed that flowering time was positive genetic and phenotypic correlated with initial fruit set and with final fruit set. The existence of significant genetic and phenotypic correlation between ripening time and fruit weight, between ripening time and dry matter content and between ripening time and soluble solid content represented difficulty in creation of new peach cultivars of early ripening time and improved fruit quality .

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