Fruit Quality Properties of the Local Apple Varieties of Anatolia

İdris Macit, Erol Aydın, Akgul Tas and Muttalip Gundogdu
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İdris Macit: Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute, 55000 Samsun, Turkey
Erol Aydın: Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute, 55000 Samsun, Turkey
Akgul Tas: Department of Plant and Animal Production, Seben İzzet Baysal Vocational School, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14750 Seben Bolu, Turkey
Muttalip Gundogdu: Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030 Bolu, Turkey

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: The importance of biochemical content of fruits in human health and nutrition is understood more and more day by day. In this study, new local varieties were added to apple genetic resources and the correlation between biochemical contents and agro-morphological properties of fruits belonging to them was revealed. It was observed that the total phenolics amount varied between 20.13 (“Bag”) mg GAE kg −1 and 80.59 (“Yeşil”) mg GAE kg −1 . The highest total antioxidant capacity was determined as 90.96% in “Yeşil” variety. Potassium (K) content, which is among the macronutrients, was determined as the highest value in “Bağ” variety (7993.31 mg kg −1 ) and in “Zuza” variety (7983.31 mg kg −1 ). It was determined that the Fe content (iron) varied between as 14.17 mg kg −1 (“Zuza”) and 5.75 mg kg −1 (“Bağ”) and was higher than other micronutrients. In the light of the results obtained in this study, it was concluded that fruits belonging to new local apple varieties are rich in biochemical contents and these varieties can be used as genetic resources in plant breeding studies.

Keywords: apple; fruit; antioxidant; phenolic; nutrients (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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