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Fruit Quality of New Early Ripening Strawberry Cultivars in Croatia

Sandra Voća1*, Nadica Dobričević1, Verica Dragović-Uzelac2, Boris Duralija1, Jasmina Družić1, Zlatko Čmelik1 and Martina Skendrović Babojelić1


1
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

2Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Article history:

Received March 28, 2007
Accepted December 18, 2007

Key words:

strawberry, vitamin C, polyphenols, antioxidant capacity, colour


Summary:

In this research fruit quality of seven early ripening strawberry cultivars (Clerry, Maya, Alba, Miss, Camarosa, Queen Elisa and Elsanta) during successive harvesting periods has been investigated. The following quality parameters were determined in the harvested fruits: dry matter, total soluble solids (TSS), pH, total acidity (TA), TSS/TA ratio, reducing sugars, sucrose, vitamin C, total anthocyanins, total phenolics (TP), nonflavonoids, flavonoids, antioxidant activity, and colour. Investigated cultivars differ significantly according to the basic chemical composition. The highest, statistically significant values of dry matter, soluble solids, TSS/TA ratio, vitamin C, total phenolics, nonflavonoids and antioxidant activity were determined for cultivar Elsanta. Among the other early ripening cultivars involved in the research, Alba and Maya had the lowest contents of dry matter, total soluble solids, total phenolics and nonflavonoids, reducing sugars and sucrose. The anthocyanin content was the highest in cultivars Camarosa, Miss and Maya; consequently, the most intensive colour was noted in the same cultivars. Parameters that determine fruit quality had lower values in all the investigated early ripening cultivars than in cultivar Elsanta; however, their quality was satisfactory.

 


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