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Quality of two tomato Cultivars grown under different agronomical conditions

dc.contributor.authorAgulheiro-Santos, Ana C.
dc.contributor.authorBernalte, Maria J.
dc.contributor.authorLozano, Mercedes
dc.contributor.authorMachado, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorSinogas, Ana
dc.contributor.editorNunes, Carla
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-17T13:24:27Z
dc.date.available2013-09-17T13:24:27Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionProceedings of the International Conference “Environmentally friendly and safe technologies for quality of fruit and vegetables”, held in Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, on January 14-16, 2009. This Conference was a join activity with COST Action 924.por
dc.description.abstractQuality of two tomato cultivars (‘Dundee’ and ‘V1’) produced in greenhouses, under different agronomical conditions during a season, was studied. The main goal was to measure quality of tomato fruits produced under different environmental conditions, and to understand their influence on final quality. To achieve this objective several physical and chemical general quality parameters were evaluated and to study nutritional quality, antioxidants (lycopene, beta-carotene, vitamin C) and total sugars (fructose and glucose) were analyzed. Analyses of variance were performed considering the factors “Harvest time”, “Cultivar” and “Agronomical conditions” that correspond to the different conditions inside greenhouses. The MANOVA statistical analysis revealed that all the factors considered were significant as well as their interactions. The factor “Harvest time” was the most important to explain the differences. The ‘V1’ fruits produced in the metallic greenhouse without additional CO2 had higher and more homogeneous weight values and also higher skin firmness. The colour coordinate a* was generally lower for fruits grown in traditional greenhouse. ‘Dundee’ fruits reached the highest SST medium value of 6.37 ºBrix. Biosynthesis of lycopene and vitamin C was affected by agronomical conditions and also predetermined by cultivars. ‘Dundee’ cultivar seems to be more sensitive to agronomical conditions than the ‘V1’. Beta carotene content was mainly due to genetic factors. The ‘V1’ exhibited higher values of beta carotene for all the greenhouse conditions.por
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/2892
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherUniversidade do Algarvepor
dc.subjectAntioxidantspor
dc.subjectTomatopor
dc.subjectQuality parameterspor
dc.subjectPhysical-chemical analysispor
dc.titleQuality of two tomato Cultivars grown under different agronomical conditionspor
dc.typebook part
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceFaropor
oaire.citation.endPage101por
oaire.citation.startPage96por
oaire.citation.titleEnvironmentally friendly and safe technologies for quality of fruit and vegetablespor
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typebookPartpor

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