Fruit Quality of Vesuvian Apricots Harvested at Different Ripening Stages After a Cold-Storage Period

Basile, Boris; Cirillo, Chiara; Santin, Anderson; Forlani, M.

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“…Fresh weight of apricot fruits of the cultivars Ceccona, Pellecchiella and Vitillo harvested at two or three different pickings. Means followed by different letters are significantly different for P ≤ 0.05. because it is the latest ripening among the three cultivars and, as a result, there was more time to accumulate sugars (Leccese et al, 2010, Basile et al, 2005. Furthermore, this cultivar also had the highest FF in all three cover colour classes (Table 1, Fig.…”

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“…This indicates that in apricot the cover colour extension percentage is highly correlated to fruit ripening stages. Up to now, studies have regarded the possibility of using the skin ground colour as harvesting index for stone fruits (Delwiche and Baumgardner, 1985;Basile et al, 2005;Luchsinger et al, 1998), but there are not evidences for the use of the cover colour as an index for apricots. Therefore, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first evidence which indicates the possibility of using the skin cover colour, which is very easy to estimate also visually, as a main ripening index for apricot varieties that have a progressive appearance of red cover colour on fruits during ripening, such as the traditional apricot cultivars.…”

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Bioactive compounds and fruit quality traits of Vesuvian apricot cultivars (Prunus armeniaca L.) and use of skin cover colour as a harvesting index

Vaio¹,

Cirillo²,

Pannico³

et al. 2019

Aust J Crop Sci

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The qualitative/nutritional characteristics of apricots mainly depend on cultivar, cultivation area and ripening stage. Thus, it is important to characterise different cultivars and harvest fruits at the optimum time. There is no conclusive evidence about harvesting indexes in apricot for decision making about the best harvesting time. Moreover, little is known about fruit qualitative/nutritional characteristics of autochthonous cultivars of the Campania region (Italy), mainly grown in the area of Vesuvius volcano. Therefore, fruit attributes of the Vesuvian cultivars Ceccona, Vitillo, and Pellecchiella were evaluated during ripening with the aim of characterizing the qualitative/nutritional value of the fruit and specifying a reliable harvesting index. Cultivar, picking time and skin cover colour affected all the fruit qualitative/nutritional attributes considered. For the first time, a number of minor phenolic compounds were quantified in apricot. Ceccona was the richest in phenolic compounds, while Pellecchiella had the highest trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC). During ripening, the TEAC decreased on a per-gram basis and increased on a per-fruit-basis. Cultivar, picking time and skin cover colour had a great influence in determining the qualitative/nutritional value of the apricots, and overall Pellecchiella showed the best characteristics. The skin cover colour percentage may be a suitable harvesting index for the traditional Vesuvian apricot cultivars. A comprehensive description of the phenolic compounds and a dilution effect on apricot fruit TEAC is reported for the first time.

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Bioactive compounds and fruit quality traits of Vesuvian apricot cultivars (Prunus armeniaca L.) and use of skin cover colour as a harvesting index

Vaio¹,

Cirillo²,

Pannico³

et al. 2019

Aust J Crop Sci

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“…Titratable acidity (TA) was calculated by adding a 0.1 M NaOH solution to the filtered fruit juice until reaching a pH value of 8.2. The pH was continuously monitored with a laboratory pH-meter (GLP 21; Crison, Alella, Barcelona, Spain) and expressed in grams per liter of malic acid (g/L) as described [25]. The SSC and TA were measured because they are major fruit qualitative traits that directly affect consumer's acceptance of stone fruits [26], and they are regarded as suitable fruit quality descriptors to discriminate apricot cultivars [27].…”

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Diversity in Morphometric, Pomological, and Fruit-Quality Traits of Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) Traditional Varieties: Implications for Landrace Differentiation at Regional Scale

Basile¹,

Mataffo²,

Forlani³

et al. 2022

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Traditional crop varieties are receiving increasing attention in sustainable agriculture, conservation genetics, and plant science because they offer significant and largely unexplored diversity. The DNA profiling of landraces is being applied to numerous crops, yet a detailed knowledge of morphological diversity is often needed to increase the efficiency of both the conservation and exploitation of local germplasm. In this work, morphological, pomological, and fruit-quality traits (16 qualitative and 16 quantitative) were collected from 44 traditional apricot landraces cultivated in Campania, the Italian region with the highest number of traditional varieties. The aim was to assess varietal diversity and to highlight possible trends and phenotypes that may have driven the morphological differentiation. All traits were polymorphic, and each variety had a distinctive phenotype. The qualitative and quantitative traits provided different classifications of the varieties. Nonetheless, the Factorial Analysis of Mixed data indicated that, for both categories of variables, the fruit traits were the most influential for landrace classification. Interestingly, some easily discernible color phenotypes of the fruits mostly contributed to the discrimination of the analyzed apricot germplasm. We conclude that these specific, commercially relevant features of the fruit were important drivers of the differentiation of the cultivated apricot material at regional scale.

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“…In this region, the empirical selection of the growers has created a wealth of landraces that are distributed mainly in the Naples Province [ 7 ], mostly because apricot has been one of the typical cultivations of the South-facing, rain-fed Vesuvian slopes since Roman times [ 8 ]. This rich germplasm is often referred to as Vesuvian apricots [ 9 , 10 ]. Nonetheless, the Neapolitan word from apricot ( cresommela ) originates from Greek [χρυσό μήλο; golden fleshy (tree) fruit], suggesting that the introduction of this tree in this area could date back to the settlers of the Magna Graecia era [ 3 ].…”

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Diversity and Relationships among Neglected Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Landraces Using Morphological Traits and SSR Markers: Implications for Agro-Biodiversity Conservation

Corrado

Forlani

Rao

et al. 2021

Plants

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Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is an economically important tree species globally cultivated in temperate areas. Italy has an ample number of traditional varieties, but numerous landraces are abandoned and at risk of extinction because of increasing urbanization, agricultural intensification, and varietal renewal. In this work, we investigated the morphological and genetic diversity present in an ex-situ collection of 28 neglected varieties belonging to the so-called “Vesuvian apricot”. Our aim was to understand the level of diversity and the possible link between the promotion of specific fruit types (e.g., by public policies) and the intraspecific variation in apricot. The combination of five continuous and seven categorical traits allowed us to phenotypically distinguish the varieties; while fruit quality-related attributes displayed high variation, both apricot size and skin colour were more uniform. The twelve fluorescent-based Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) markers identified cultivar-specific molecular profiles and revealed a high molecular diversity, which poorly correlated with that described by the morphological analysis. Our results highlighted the complementary information provided by the two sets of descriptors and that DNA markers are necessary to separate morphologically related apricot landraces. The observed morphological and genetic differences suggest a loss of diversity influenced by maintenance breeding of specific pomological traits (e.g., skin colour and size). Finally, our study provided evidence to recommend complementary strategies to avoid the loss of diversity in apricot. Actions should pivot on both the promotion of easily identified premium products and more inclusive biodiversity-centred on-farm strategies.

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Fruit Quality of Vesuvian Apricots Harvested at Different Ripening Stages After a Cold-Storage Period

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Bioactive compounds and fruit quality traits of Vesuvian apricot cultivars (Prunus armeniaca L.) and use of skin cover colour as a harvesting index

Bioactive compounds and fruit quality traits of Vesuvian apricot cultivars (Prunus armeniaca L.) and use of skin cover colour as a harvesting index

Diversity in Morphometric, Pomological, and Fruit-Quality Traits of Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) Traditional Varieties: Implications for Landrace Differentiation at Regional Scale

Diversity and Relationships among Neglected Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Landraces Using Morphological Traits and SSR Markers: Implications for Agro-Biodiversity Conservation

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