Identification of some Fruit Characteristics in Wild Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) Accessions from Eastern Anatolia

Çolak, Ayşen Melda; Küpe, Muhammed; Bozhuyuk, Mehmet Ramazan; Erċışlı, Sezai; Gündoğdu, Muttalip

doi:10.1007/s10343-017-0410-z

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“…Fruit breeding programs carried out in different parts of the world focused on a wide range of specific objectives such as increased cold hardiness, disease resistance, fruit quality, etc. However, all commercial scion releases must have high yield, bigger fruits, and quality fruit [41][42][43]. Appearance is one of the main components of the fruit quality trait.…”

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Morphological and Biochemical Characterization of Diverse Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo L.) Genotypes from Northern Turkey

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Wild edible fruits have been used centuries by local people mainly for nutrition purposes and they have attracted the attention of researchers in the last decade throughout the world. Among wild edible fruits, the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is widely distributed mainly in Mediterranean countries. However, the lack of information about strawberry tree genetic resources in Mediterranean countries is a major cause of its low exploitation by breeders. For a practical use and exploitation of the strawberry tree native germplasm, phenological, morphological, and biochemical characterization of the plant is essential. In this study, some important phenological, morphological, and biochemical characteristics of sixteen local strawberry tree genotypes were determined. Significant variations (p < 0.05) were observed in most of the investigated phenological, morphological, and biochemical traits of the genotypes. The genotypes were harvested between 2–21 November. The fruit weight and the number of fruits per cluster of the genotypes varied from 3.89 to 6.86 g and 3.61 to 7.94, respectively. Vitamin C and total dietary fiber contents of genotypes were found quite variable, ranging from 58 to 93 mg/100 g and 7.04 to 12.36 g/100 g, respectively. The fruits of the strawberry tree include mainly fructose and glucose rather than sucrose. Local strawberry tree genotypes are found to be promising for further valorization through horticultural characteristics for breeding. Some genotypes had significantly higher fruit weight, vitamin C concentrations, total dietary fiber, and total phenolic concentration and may be good selections for producing health products.

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Morphological and Biochemical Characterization of Diverse Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo L.) Genotypes from Northern Turkey

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“…For Turkey wild blueberries ( Vaccinium myrtillus L.), the TPCs ranged from 5,550 to 6,380 μg/g, whereas the TPC of cultivated blueberry cv. Bluecrop was only 3,270 μg/g (Colak et al., 2017). The results obtained in our study, which showed that wild blueberries have higher TPCs, were consistent with those reported previously.…”

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“…Blueberries are well known to contain many bioactive compounds, and thus exhibit remarkably high antioxidant capacities (Celik et al., 2018; Colak et al., 2017; Koca & Karadeniz, 2009). It is known that phenolic compounds affect the color, taste, and many physiological events of fruits (Gündoğdu, 2019; Tsukamoto et al., 2018).…”

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α‐Amylase and tyrosinase inhibitory activities, phenolic contents, and antioxidant capacities of wild and cultivated blueberries

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The phenolic compound contents, antioxidant capacities, and α‐amylase and tyrosinase inhibitory activities of 10 wild and 19 cultivated blueberries grown in northeast China were evaluated. The results showed that the α‐amylase inhibitory activities of the blueberries represented, by 1/IC50, correlated with their total phenolic contents (TPCs). Moreover, the tyrosinase inhibitory activities correlated with the total anthocyanin contents (TACs). High‐performance liquid chromatography and electrospray mass spectrometry were conducted to determine and identify seven phenolic acids. The average caffeic acid contents of the cultivated and wild blueberries were 277.37 and 17.71 μg/g, respectively. The total phenolic, anthocyanin, and flavonoid contents were determined. Wild blueberries have higher TPCs, α‐amylase inhibitory activities, and antioxidant capacities. Cultivated blueberries have higher TACs and exhibit tyrosinase inhibitory activities similar to those of the wild ones. Practical applications This study revealed that wild blueberries have high α‐amylase inhibitory activities and are effective as natural α‐amylase inhibitors for the treatment of diabetes. In addition, wild blueberries were found to be rich in phenolics and have high antioxidant capacities. Thus, because of these properties, wild blueberry products with antidiabetic and antioxidant potential can be developed for use in biomedical and pharmaceutical industries.

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“…Deficiently used industrial crop genetic resources have great potential as an alternative to worldwide known species or varieties that are commonly produced and consumed. With climate uncertainty, there is an urgent need to diversify plant resources to a wider range of crops for greater system resistance (Zia- Ul-Haq et al, 2013;Colak et al, 2019).…”

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Seed fatty acid compositions and chemotaxonomy of wild Crambe (Brassicaceae) taxa in Turkey

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2020

Turk J Agric For

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Wild Crambe species have greater potential than Crambe hispanica in industry, medicine, and as a vegetable, etc. A total of 53 germplasm accessions, belonging to 7 taxa, were collected from Turkey's natural flora. The accessions consisted of C. orientalis var. orientalis (18 accessions), C. orientalis var. dasycarpa (1 accession), C. orientalis var. sulphurea (2 accessions), C. tataria var. aspera (3 accessions), C. tataria var. tataria (26 accessions), C. grandiflora (1 accession), C. orientalis var. sulphurea, and C. maritima (2 accessions). In this study, the seed fatty acid compositions and oil contents were determined, and the data were used for taxonomic cluster, correlation, and principal component analyses. Important correlations were determined among the fatty acids; however, the oil contents were not correlated. Altitude was positively correlated with linolenic acid, while negatively correlated with oleic and linoleic acid. For the principal component and correlation analyses, 7 major fatty acids (>1%) were used, including palmitic (C16:0), oleic (C18:1), linoleic (C18:2), cis-11 eicosenoic (20:1), linolenic (C18:3), erucic (C22:1), and nervonic acid (C24:1). A total of 17 fatty acids were used for the cluster analyses. Two major clusters were formed, where the first consisted of C. orientalis, C. tataria, and C. grandiflora taxa, while the second consisted 3 of only C. maritima taxa. The dendrogram based on the fatty acid values clearly discriminated the species groups; however C. tataria was not located close to C. maritima, contrary to previous molecular cluster studies.

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Identification of some Fruit Characteristics in Wild Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) Accessions from Eastern Anatolia

Cited by 21 publications

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Morphological and Biochemical Characterization of Diverse Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo L.) Genotypes from Northern Turkey

Morphological and Biochemical Characterization of Diverse Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo L.) Genotypes from Northern Turkey

α‐Amylase and tyrosinase inhibitory activities, phenolic contents, and antioxidant capacities of wild and cultivated blueberries

Seed fatty acid compositions and chemotaxonomy of wild Crambe (Brassicaceae) taxa in Turkey

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