The change of fruit quality parameters in day-neutral strawberries cv. Diamante grown out of season.
This research was conducted on the strawberry cultivar Diamante in continental parts of Croatia. The experiment was designed as four replicates with 100 plants for each harvest time. The quality of strawberries cv. Diamante grown out of season (fruit were picked in the early morning hours at three harvest times: 27 June, 7 September, 28 October) was determined. Total soluble solids ( degrees Brix) ranged from 5.00% to 7.03%, total acidity ranged from 1.05% to 1.12%, total soluble solids/acidity ranged from 4.74 to 6.34, vitamin C ranged from 40.73 mg/100 g fresh weight to 46.68 mg/100 g fresh weight, pH ranged from 3.53 to 3.72, total phenols ranged from 276.48 to 326.76 mg/l, non-flavonoids ranged from 169.50 to 260.53 mg/l, and flavonoids ranged from 44.71 to 106.53 mg/l, respectively. In addition, total anthocyanins ranged from 15.95 to 21.70 mg/l. The lightness L values of fruits ranged from 30.24 to 41.05, chroma C values from 25.92 to 34.13, and Hue angle H values from 44.51 to 56.02. The data showed that cv. Diamante grown out of season is of satisfactory quality.
Voca
Sandra
S
Department of Agricultural Technology, Storage and Transport, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetosimunska 25, Zagreb, Croatia. svoca@agr.hr
Dobricevic
Nadica
N
Druzic
Jasmina
J
Duralija
Boris
B
Babojelic
Martina Skendrovic
MS
Dermisek
Darijo
D
Cmelik
Zlatko
Z
D000975:Antioxidants / Q000032:analysis; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D017523:Croatia; D018556:Crops, Agricultural; D031985:Fragaria / Q000737:chemistry*; D011786:Quality Control; D012621:Seasons; D013045:Species Specificity; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
D000975:Antioxidants