Aroma Compounds Are Responsible for an Herbaceous Off-Flavor in the Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.) cv. Regina during Fruit Development

An herbaceous/grassy-like flavor has been reported by Chilean producers of Regina sweet cherry. There are no previous academic reports related to this flavor occurrence. Sweet cherries from five phenological stages were collected from six orchards with high herbaceous flavor incidence spanning Chilean production zones during the 2019/2020 season. Four experienced panelists tasted the fruit to identify the off-flavor incidence and intensity from four phenological stages, and the same cherries were analyzed for volatile compounds. Thirty-nine volatiles were identified and semi-quantified using solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and GC-MS. The highest off-flavor incidence was found at the bright red (stage 3) and mahogany colors (stage 4). No single volatile explained the herbaceous flavor consistently among orchards. However, it appeared that the off-flavor was related to delayed ripening in cherries, with more C6 aldehydes and less esters. Furthermore, rainfall and the elevation of the orchard had a significant effect on the incidence of off-flavor. Preharvest practices that promote fruit ripening along with avoiding early harvests are recommended to reduce the incidence of herbaceous flavor in Regina.

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Variability of Old Sweet Cherries Found in Slovak Regions and Their Preservation

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Section B Natural Exact and Applied Sciences ◽

10.1515/prolas-2017-0031 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 71 (3) ◽

pp. 184-189

Author(s):

Michaela Benková ◽

Iveta Čičová ◽

Daniela Benedikova ◽

Lubomir Mendel ◽

Miroslav Glasa

Keyword(s):

Sweet Cherry ◽

Prunus Avium ◽

Fruit Size ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Quality Parameters ◽

Fruit Weight ◽

Sweet Cherries ◽

Prunus Mahaleb ◽

Breeding Programmes ◽

Prunus Avium L

Abstract The work is focused on the evaluation of variability of morphological and pomological characteristics of several old sweet cherries (Prunus avium L.) that were found in different Slovak regions. The experimental work has been performed during two years, 2014 and 2015. The following characteristics according to the descriptor list of subgenus Cerasus were evaluated - period of flowering and ripening, morphological characteristics of the flowers, fruit size, fruit weight, and quality parameters. The results showed high variability of evaluated accessions. From the 13 surveyed localities, the most valuable accessions were found in the locality Hornį Streda - places Čachtice, Krakovany, Nitra, and Brdárka. During the collecting expeditions, 170 accessions of sweet cherry, with fruit of the different quality were found. The most interesting accessions were grafted onto rootstocks with different intensity of growth (Prunus avium L., Prunus mahaleb L., and ‘Gisela5’). Some of the selected cherry accessions can be used for commercial growing after tests, while some of them can be used only for collection of genetic resources and as potential genitors in breeding programmes.

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The Profile and Content of Polyphenols and Carotenoids in Local and Commercial Sweet Cherry Fruits (Prunus avium L.) and Their Antioxidant Activity In Vitro

Antioxidants ◽

10.3390/antiox8110534 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (11) ◽

pp. 534 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Dominika Średnicka-Tober ◽

Alicja Ponder ◽

Ewelina Hallmann ◽

Agnieszka Głowacka ◽

Elżbieta Rozpara

Keyword(s):

Antioxidant Activity ◽

Bioactive Compounds ◽

Sweet Cherry ◽

Prunus Avium ◽

Sweet Cherries ◽

High Antioxidant Activity ◽

Positive Correlations ◽

Sweet Cherry Cultivars ◽

Prunus Avium L

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the content of a number of bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of fruits of selected local and commercial sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cultivars. The experiment showed that the selected cultivars of sweet cherries differ significantly in the content of polyphenolic compounds and carotenoids. The fruits of commercial sweet cherry cultivars were, on average, richer in polyphenols (the sum of phenolic compounds determined chromatographically), flavonoids, as well as anthocyanins and were characterized by higher antioxidant activity when compared to the local, traditional cultivars. In the group of the traditional sweet cherry cultivars, particular attention could be paid to Black Late cv., showing the highest antioxidant activity of fruits. In the group of commercial sweet cherry cultivars, Cordia and Sylvia fruits could be recognized as being rich in bioactive compounds with high antioxidant activity. Yellow skin cultivars were characterized by the highest concentrations of carotenoids. Strong positive correlations between the identified bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of fruits were also found. Although different cultivars of sweet cherries show a high variability in phenolics and carotenoids profiles as well as in the antioxidant activity of fruits, they all should be, similarly to other types of cherries, recognized as a rich source of bioactive compounds with an antioxidant potential.

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Erratum to: Expression Analysis of Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Genes in Different Colored Sweet Cherries (Prunus avium L.) During Fruit Development

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation ◽

10.1007/s00344-013-9373-1 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 908-908 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yun Liu ◽

Xinjie Shen ◽

Kai Zhao ◽

Yue Ben ◽

Xinwei Guo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Expression Analysis ◽

Fruit Development ◽

Prunus Avium ◽

Biosynthetic Genes ◽

Sweet Cherries ◽

Prunus Avium L ◽

Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Genes

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Resistance of sweet cherry cultivars to fruit surface pitting

Canadian Journal of Plant Science ◽

10.4141/p05-244 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 86 (4) ◽

pp. 1197-1202 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Frank Kappel ◽

Peter Toivonen ◽

Sabina Stan ◽

Darrell-Lee McKenzie

Keyword(s):

Key Words ◽

Sweet Cherry ◽

Prunus Avium ◽

Industry Standard ◽

Sweet Cherries ◽

Sweet Cherry Cultivars ◽

Fruit Surface ◽

Prunus Avium L

A recently developed technique was used to determine the susceptibility to fruit surface pitting of new sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cultivars and compare them to an industry standard. The cultivars tested included Bing (industry standard), Cristalina, Lapins, Sandra Rose, Santina, Skeena, Sonata, Staccato, and Sweetheart. Fruit were harvested at commercial maturity, injured, held at 1°C for 2 wk and then rated for fruit surface pitting. The cultivars Lapins, Skeena, Staccato, and Sweetheart had less pitting than Bing. Cristalina and Sonata tended to have similar levels of injury to Bing and Sandra Rose and Santina tended to have more severe pitting than Bing. Key words: Sweet cherries, cultivars, simulated pitting injury

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Differential Phenolic Compounds and Hormone Accumulation Patterns between Early- and Mid-Maturing Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.) Cultivars during Fruit Development and Ripening

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry ◽

10.1021/acs.jafc.1c01140 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Claudio Ponce ◽

Nathalie Kuhn ◽

Macarena Arellano ◽

Alson Time ◽

Salvatore Multari ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Phenolic Compounds ◽

Fruit Development ◽

Sweet Cherry ◽

Prunus Avium ◽

Fruit Development And Ripening ◽

Prunus Avium L

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Field evaluations of 14 sweet cherry cultivars as pollinators for cv. Regina (Prunus avium, L.)

International Journal of Horticultural Science ◽

10.31421/ijhs/13/3/750 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

Author(s):

S. Thurzó ◽

M. Grandi ◽

L. Lagezza ◽

S. Lugli ◽

I. J. Holb ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Fruit Development ◽

Sweet Cherry ◽

Prunus Avium ◽

Fruit Set ◽

Allele Group ◽

Sufficient Degree ◽

S Allele ◽

Sweet Cherry Cultivars ◽

Prunus Avium L

In this study, the pollen of 14 sweet cherry cultivars (‘Anella’, ‘Duroni 3', 'Badacsony', 'Cristalina', 'Ferbolus', 'Ferrovia', 'Georgia', 'Hudson', 'Kordia', 'Sam', 'Schneiders’, ‘Spate’, ‘Knorpelkirsche', 'Skeena', 'Summit', 'Sylvia') was used to fertilize the emasculated flowers of sweet cherry cv. 'Regina'. Fruit set was assessed three times during fruit development: 14 May, 30 May and 27 May 2007. We observed full incompatibility among the 14 cultivars for cv. 'Cristalina', which is in the same S-allele group as cv. 'Regina'. After analysis of our data, we have results about fertilization efficiency of the cultivars. Most of the evaluated cultivars are inadequate to fertilize cv. 'Regina' to a sufficient degree. There were two exceptions, cv. 'Sam' and cv. 'Skeena', where percentage of ripened fruits was above 20%. These two cultivars can guarantee such a pollination, which ensures ample quantity of ripened fruits. Results of this study have proved three other cultivars to be quite good pollinators for cv. 'Regina'. In conclusion, ideal pollinators for cv. 'Regina' could be — apart from above-mentioned two cultivars, 'Sam' and 'Skeena' — cvs. 'Sylvia' and 'Bianca', which was suggested by more literature sources.

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The effect of different types of rootstock on the quality of maiden trees of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cv. ‘Regina’

Acta Agrobotanica ◽

10.5586/aa.2014.051 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 67 (4) ◽

pp. 43-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Piotr Baryła ◽

Magdalena Kapłan ◽

Marcela Krawiec

Keyword(s):

Sweet Cherry ◽

Prunus Avium ◽

Quality Characteristics ◽

Sweet Cherries ◽

Prunus Mahaleb ◽

Different Types ◽

Prunus Avium L ◽

Gisela 5 ◽

Cherry Trees

Over the period 2006–2009 in Lublin, a study was conducted to determine the effect of five types of rootstock: ‘Colt’, ‘F12/1’, sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.), ‘GiSelA 5’ and ‘Piast’ mahaleb cherry (Prunus mahaleb L.), on the growth and quality of maiden sweet cherry trees cv. ‘Regina’ in a commercial nursery. Based on the three-year average, rootstocks were shown to have a significant effect on the investigated quality characteristics of maiden sweet cherry trees. Trees budded on ‘Colt’ vegetative rootstock were characterized by strongest growth and best quality. In each year, they were thicker, higher and better branched than sweet cherries on the rootstock. Under the tested conditions, ‘GiSelA 5’ dwarf rootstock significantly reduced the growth and quality of budded sweet cherry trees in the nursery. During the period 2007–2009, no physiological incompatibility symptoms were observed ‘Regina’ sweet cherry cv. and ‘Piast’ seedling rootstocks. The growth of trees budded on ‘Piast’ mahaleb cherry was poorer than on ‘Colt’ clonal rootstock, but it was stronger than on ‘F12/1’ and Prunus avium L. rootstocks.

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Pomological and phytochemical evaluation of different cherry species: mahaleb (Prunus mahaleb L.), wild sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) and wild sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.), sweet and sour cherry cultivars

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Hortorum Cultus ◽

10.24326/asphc.2019.4.17 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 181-191

Author(s):

Fırat Ege Karaat ◽

Kazim Gündüz ◽

Onur Saraçoğlu ◽

Hakan Yıldırım

Keyword(s):

Antioxidant Capacity ◽

Sweet Cherry ◽

Prunus Avium ◽

Principal Component ◽

Sour Cherry ◽

Prunus Cerasus ◽

Total Weight ◽

Sweet Cherries ◽

Prunus Mahaleb ◽

Prunus Avium L

Cherries are known as health friendly fruits due to their abundant phytochemical compositions. This study was conducted to determine phytochemical and pomological fruit properties of different cherry species including mahaleb (Prunus mahaleb L.), wild sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.), wild sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.), two sweet cherries (‘Napoleon’ and ‘Starks Gold’) and one sour cherry (‘Kütahya’) cultivars. For this aim, together with various pomological traits, total phenolics and anthocyanin contents, antioxidant capacity, organic acids, sugars, were analyzed in fruits of relevant genotypes. Results of all examined traits significantly varied between genotypes. Mahaleb showed the highest TSS (30.17%), fructose (8.71 μg/g) and glucose (20.74 μg/g) contents. Wild sour cherry gave the highest antioxidant capacity (13.25 mmol TE/kg total weight), anthocyanin (351.0 mg Pg-3-glk/kg total weight), citric acid (0.56 μg/g) and malic acid (2.96 μg/g) contents. As a rootstock, mahaleb was found to be superior in some of the traits when compared to wild sweet cherry. Significant correlations were observed between various traits. Additionally, principal component analysis (PCA) revealed different relationships among the traits and evaluated genotypes.

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Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L. Syn. Cerasus avium Moench.): A Study of its Distribution in Latvia and Superior Clone Selection for Cherry Plantations for Wood in Local Climatic Conditions

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences. ◽

10.2478/prolas-2021-0041 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 75 (4) ◽

pp. 282-291

Author(s):

Mudrīte Daugaviete ◽

Dagnija Lazdiņa ◽

Daina Feldmane ◽

Dace Treigute ◽

Uldis Daugavietis ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Calcareous Soil ◽

Sweet Cherry ◽

Prunus Avium ◽

Podzolic Soil ◽

Agricultural Soils ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Stem Volume ◽

Local Origin ◽

Sweet Cherries ◽

Prunus Avium L

Abstract The distribution of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L. syn. Cerasus avium Moench.) in natural woodlands of Latvia was studied. The growth, vitality and stem quality of the first-generation plantations established in Latvia in different agricultural soils using the planting stock of local origin was assessed. In woodlands, sweet cherry is found in 11 Forest Resource Monitoring plots in the administrative regions of Madona, Kuldīga, Alsunga, Saldus, Cīrava, and Kazdanga. In the last decade, interest in sweet cherry as a wood producer has increased and plantations with a total area of 21.92 ha were established in 22 localities (Priekule, Kazdanga, Durbe, Talsi, Ventspils, Kuldīga, Tukums, Saldus, Dobele, Bauska, Cēsis, Pārgauja, and Krāslava). Survey was made of sweet cherry plantations established between 1997 and 2019, using both local and foreign origin clonal stock (Danish clone Truust and Swedish clones nos. 9 and 10) in different agricultural soils (typic sod-calcareous soil; sod-podzolic soil; stagnogley sod-podzolic soil) in the districts of Priekule, Kuldīga, Dobele, Bauska, Ķegums, and Smiltene. In plantation forests with optimal growing conditions (typical sod-calcareous soil; pH 6 to 7), 22-year-old sweet cherries of local origin had height (H) of 15.1 m, the diameter at breast hight (DBH) — 16.4 cm and stem volume 157.7 dm3 on average. The maximum H and DBH observed for the largest trees reached 17.6 m and 25.3 cm, respectively. The Danish clone Truust and the Swedish clones nos. 9 and 10 of sweet cherries were promising for growing in Latvian climatic conditions. Selection of perspective clones for establishment of second-generation plantations was made for sweet cherries of local origin.

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