Some Fruit Characteristics of Iranian Cornelian Cherries (Cornus mas L.)

Abstract

Although the Cornelian Cherry is widely grown in the north-eastern areas of Iran, it is not recognized as an important fruit crop as are many other fruit species. Large variability has been observed in all morphological and chemical compositions under study. Fruit weight varied from 1.499 to 3.29 g, whereas seed weight ranged from 0.249 to 0.425 g. The average lengths of fruits were between 15.22 and 22.31 mm, and the average widths of them were between 10.26-16.3 mm. The content of ascorbic acid ranged from 240-360 mg/ 100 g fresh weight. The total soluble solids and total acidity were 5-12.5% and 0.43-1.86% respectively. Grouping of Cornelian Cherry accessions based on 5 factors was performed and were divided into three sub-clusters. The results obtained from this study might be helpful for Cornelian Cherry breeders trying to develop new genotypes and varieties.

Some Fruit Characteristics of Selected Cornelian Cherries (Cornus mas L.) from Montenegro

“…Similarly, the selection BR-135 that had the highest fruit mass, had also the highest fruit flesh ratio ( Table 1). Similar result was reported by Hassanpour et al (2012) for Iranian cornelian cherries. Thus, for selecting cornelian cherry genotypes it is necessary to pay attention to the bigger fruit mass because it is a trait that positively correlated with the fruit flesh ratio (Karadeniz 2000;Bijelić et al 2007).…”

“…Fruit mass results of our selections were found between limits of previous studies (Bijelić et al 2008b;Bijelić et al 2010;Ercisli et al 2011;Hassanpour et al 2012). However, Yilmaz et al (2009) and Bošnjaković et al (2012) reported exceptional high fruit mass for some selections such as 9.17 g for 77-05 genotype in Turkey and 14.55 g for VR-10 genotype in Serbia, respectively.…”

“…Morphological markers still keep importance and widely used in particular cornelian cherries and might be appropriate for classification (Ercisli et al 2006;Yilmaz et al 2009;Bijelić et al 2010;Ercisli et al 2011;Hassanpour et al 2012;Gunduz et al 2013;Drkenda et al 2014;Sengul et al 2014). Morphological characters must be recorded for selection of parents and are also the first choice used for describing and classifying the germplazm.…”

“…Thanks to the many studies that have confirmed the high nutritional value of the fruit of cornelian cherry, today the activities on the selection and breeding of cornelian cherry have intensified in many countries with rich natural population including Ukraine (Klimenko 2004), Serbia (Bijelić et al 2010;Bošnjaković et al 2012), Slovakia (Brindza 2006), Czech Republic (Dokoupil and Rezniček 2012), Iran (Hassanpour et al 2012), Turkey (Yalcinkaya 2009;Ercisli et al 2007;Ercisli et al 2011), Montenegro (Jaćimović et al 2003). As a result of these researches, the cornelian cherry commenced to be grown in plantations and it can be concluded that it will be a very promising fruit whose time is yet to come (Rop et al 2010).…”

Morphological and Biochemical Characteristics of Fruits of Different Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas L.) Genotypes from Spontaneous Flora

“…Vitamin C content ranged from 220 ml/100 g in S1 genotype, and 325 ml/100 g for H3 genotype. Hassanpour et al (2012), in analyzing the chemical composition of some cornelian cherry fruits in Iran, reported values between 240-360 mg/100 g fresh weight for ascorbic acid content, and the total soluble solids and total acidity were 5-12.5% and 0.43-1.86%, respectively. …”