Pomological Characteristics of Local Fig (Ficus Carica) Cultivars in Southern Tunisia

Agronomic behaviour and quality of six fig cultivars for fresh consumption

“…These results are similar to those obtained for these same cultivars by Kong et al (2013). However, the size of the ostiole opening presented by these cultivars was larger than those obtained from cultivars grown in Turkey, as shown by Ç aliskan and Polat (2008) and than those obtained by other authors (Aljane and Ferchichi, 2008;Küden et al (2008) Polat and Özkaya, 2005;Ş imş ek and Yildirim, 2010;Ç aliskan and Polat, 2012). In addition, the cultivar 'Brown Turkey' presented a large internal cavity diameter in the majority of fruit that, together with the ostiole width, may explain the grade of oxidation found in flesh of this cultivar (Table 4).…”

“…The nutritional and functional contributions offered by these products, combined with rising consumer demand, are key to increasing the position of Spanish figs in national and international markets. Several studies have reported on the development and behaviour of the fig tree in regions of Turkey (Aljane and Ferchichi, 2008;Ş imş ek, 2009;Ç aliskan and Polat, 2011;Gozlekci, 2011). However, no studies are available in Spain.…”

Influence of Tunisian Ficus carica fruit variability in phenolic profiles and in vitro radical scavenging potential

“…Some studies have been performed in dried figs to characterize the presence of mycotoxins (Karaca & Nas, 2008), to describe several morphological, chemical and sensorial alterations occurring during the drying process (Piga et al, 2004;Aljane & Ferchichi, 2007;Aljane et al, 2008) and to determine their total phenolic content and antioxidant potential (Vinson et al, 2005). However, to our knowledge there is no report concerning phenolics profile and antioxidant capacity of the most abundant fig varieties in southern Tunisia, where several phenotypes are found: "Zidi", "Sawoudi", "Magouliekchine", "Hami" and "Kahli" correspond to black varieties, "Bayoudi", "Besbassi", "Bither", "Makbech", "Chaâri", "Magouli" and "Naasan" are green ones, while "Minouri", "Hamouri", "Ragoubi", "Weldeni" and "Croussi" are red.…”

Genetic Diversity of the Palestinian Fig (<i>Ficus carica</i> L.) Collection by Pomological Traits and RAPD Markers

“…The Rp of the 25 primers was calculated as Rp = ∑Ib where, Ib (band informativeness) takes the value of 1 − (2 × |0.5 − p|) where p is the proportion of genotypes containing the band. [27], and Ajlane & Ferchichi [28], with some modifications ( Table 3 and Table 4). …”