In this study, antioxidant compounds (ascorbic acid; total phenolic, flavonoid and anthocyanin contents; and relative antioxidant capacity) and the profiles of sugars, organic acids, polyphenols and mineral composition were compared in the peel and pulp tissues of nine commercial peach cultivars. The antioxidant compounds, measured by a 96-well-microplate-reader, showed differences among cultivars. The phenolic profile determined by UPLC resulted in the quantification of hydroxycinnamates, flavonols (only in peel), flavanols and anthocyanins, which were differently distributed in both tissues. Peels contained the highest phytochemical composition, with the exception of sugars and organic acids. We found that the contents of flavonoids, anthocyanins and total phenolic compounds measured by spectrophotometry and UPLC-MS methodologies were highly correlated. The Spanish cultivar Calanda Tardio showed the highest antioxidant and sorbitol contents. Venus had the highest contents of ascorbic and citric acids, and Big Top had the highest sucrose content.
In this study, the field performance of Adara, CAB 6P, Gisela 5, MaxMa 14, Saint Lucie GF 64 (SL 64), Saint Lucie GF 405 (SL 405), and Tabel-Edabriz rootstocks, grafted with two sweet cherry cultivars ('Stark Hardy Giant' and 'Van', Prunus avium L.), were compared after seven years of planting on a calcareous clay-loam soil. The leaf and shoot mineral elements analysed were N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Zn, Na and Cu. In the case of both cultivars, tree vigour and cumulative yield were highest on Adara, whereas yield efficiency was greater on Gisela 5. All rootstocks induced low leaf
This research was aimed to study the interest of flower analysis as a tool for the prognosis of nutritional deficiencies on cherry trees and confirm the influence of rootstock on the mineral uptake by tree. This type of diagnosis is compared with foliar analysis. The trial was In general, the P. cerasus rootstocks (CAB 6P, CAB 11E and MM 9) showed values of leaf mineral elements more adequate, and also higher values of leaf chlorophyll concentration.
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