Analysis of seed growth, fruit growth and composition and phospoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) occurrence in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.)

Baldicchi, Alessandro; Farinelli, Daniela; Micheli, Maurizio; Vaio, Claudio Di; Moscatello, Stefano; Battistelli, Alberto; Walker, Robert P.; Famiani, Franco

doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2015.01.025

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“…More knowledge on this would be very useful in order to improve specification of the best harvesting time in relation to the maturation stage. A large number of studies have been carried out to characterize the quality, composition and biochemistry (Bassi and Selli, 1990;Guerreri et al, 2001;Drogoudi et al, 2008;Lo Bianco et al, 2010;Mratiniü et al, 2011;Baldicchi et al, 2015;Famiani et al, 2017) of apricots belonging to the list of new cultivars, accessions and clones released and cultivated in the last years, whereas very little has been done on the quality attributes of autochthonous/traditional varieties of the Campania region. This is surprising because, in spite of the fact that apricot cultivation in Italy and Campania has been subjected to a significant cultivar turnover, traditional varieties are still widely cultivated and appreciated.…”

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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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“…This stage could last several weeks in early-maturing varieties and longer in late-maturing varieties. The third stage is a maturation stage corresponding to rapid fruit growth that usually begins 4 to 6 weeks before harvest, during which sugars, ethylene and aroma compounds accumulate rapidly (Durmaz et al 2010) (Baldicchi et al 2015). The three stages vary in length and intensity, depending on species and environmental conditions (temperatures, light, etc.).…”

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Production, pomological and nutraceutical properties of apricot

Moustafa¹,

Cross²

2019

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Apricot (Prunus sp.) is an important fruit crop worldwide. Despite recent advances in apricot research, much is still to be done to improve its productivity and environmental adaptability. The availability of wild apricot germplasms with economically interesting traits is a strong incentive to increase research panels toward improving its economic, environmental and nutritional characteristics. New technologies and genomic studies have generated a large amount of raw data that the mining and exploitation can help decrypt the biology of apricot and enhance its agronomic values. Here, we outline recent findings in relation to apricot production, pomological and nutraceutical properties. In particular, we retrace its origin from central Asia and the path it took to attain Europe and other production areas around the Mediterranean basin while locating it in the rosaceae family and referring to its genetic diversities and new attempts of classification. The production, nutritional, and nutraceutical importance of apricot are recapped in an easy readable and comparable way. We also highlight and discuss the effects of late frost damages on apricot production over different growth stages, from swollen buds to green fruits formation. Issues related to the length of production season and biotic and abiotic environmental challenges are also discussed with future perspective on how to lengthen the production season without compromising the fruit quality and productivity

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“…A similar double sigmoid pattern of fruit growth has also been observed by Zuzunaga et al [5] in 'Santa Rosa' and 'Golden Japan' Japanese plum. Stone fruits also possessed varying levels of plant growth substance during these phases of fruit growth, such as in apricot maximum plant growth substances were present in endocarp during Phase-I, growing embryo and endosperm during Phase-II and mesocarp and epicarp during phase-III [23].…”

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“…However, during fruit ripening AG fruit did not exhibit any climacteric rise in ethylene production ( figure 5B). On the basis of respiration rate and ethylene production during fruit ripening it is revealed that BA showed climacteric fruit ripening; whereas, AJ and AG exhibited suppressed climacteric ripening pattern [5,[23][24][25]. The onset of ethylene production in climacteric fruit has been reported to hasten the fruit ripening and physico-chemical changes associated with fruit ripening [26,27].…”

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Differences in fruit growth and ripening of early-, mid- and late-season maturing Japanese plum cultivars

Khan

2016

Fruits

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-Introduction. Plum cultivars exhibit differences in their fruit quality; however, very little is known about the changes in fruit growth and quality of plum cultivars maturing in different seasons. This study was conducted to contribute to a better understanding of the fruit growth and ripening behavior of Japanese plum (Prunus silicina Lindl.) varieties according to their maturing season. Materials and methods. Three Japanese plum cultivars were studied: early-['Black Amber' (BA)], mid-['Amber Jewel' (AJ)] and late-season ['Angelino' (AG)] maturing. The increase in fruit weight and diameter was determined from days after full bloom (DAFB) to harvest, whilst changes in fruit pulp, skin and seed dry weights, fruit firmness, soluble solid contents (SSC), and titratable acidity (TA) were studied during days after stone hardening (DASH). Ethylene production, respiration rate, activities of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase (ACS) and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase (ACO) enzymes, fruit firmness, fruit color, SSC, TA, ascorbic acid, total antioxidant and carotenoid contents were determined at alternate days during fruit ripening. Results and discussion. All plum cultivars exhibited three distinct phases of fruit growth and development in the DAFB. The AG fruit exhibited the longest duration of phase-III, about 64 days and 12 days more, as compared with BA and AJ fruits, respectively. Fruit skin dry weight (%) was higher for AG fruit, whilst, AJ and BA fruits exhibited the highest increase in seed and pulp dry weight (%) during DASH. The BA and AJ fruits showed climacteric fruit ripening with a sharp rise in ACS and ACO enzymes; whereas AG fruit showed suppressed climacteric ripening. During the fruit ripening period AG fruit remained more firm with higher SSC, and SCC:TA ratio as compared with BA and AJ fruits. The level of ascorbic acid (24.8 mg 100 g −1 ) was higher in AG fruit. Whilst, total carotenoids (0.66 mg 100 g −1 ) and total antioxidants (215 µmol Trolox 100 g −1 ) were higher in AJ and BA fruit respectively. Conclusion. The physico-chemical changes during fruit ripening vary with cultivar and are associated with the level of endogenous ethylene production. Japanese plum cultivars exhibit varying levels of SSC, SSC:TA ratio, levels of individual and total antioxidants of their ripe fruits.

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Analysis of seed growth, fruit growth and composition and phospoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) occurrence in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.)

Cited by 33 publications

References 30 publications

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

Production, pomological and nutraceutical properties of apricot

Differences in fruit growth and ripening of early-, mid- and late-season maturing Japanese plum cultivars

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