A Long-Time Assessment of Yield and Harvest Quality Attributes Among Five Strains of %26apos;Fuji%26apos; Apples

作者：Fallahi E^*; Fallahi B; Shafii B

来源：European Journal of Horticultural Science, 2014, 79(4): 212-217.

• Mains domestica
• strain
• fruit colour
• fruit size
• fruit quality
• starch index
• yield

%26apos;Fuji%26apos; apple (Mains x domestica Borkh) is a popular cultivar due to its superior flavour, texture, and storability; however, poor fruit colour of this cultivar is a major problem worldwide. The objective of this study was to investigate effects of five %26apos;Fuji%26apos; strains on yield (in 7 years) and fruit harvest-time quality attributes (in 6 years) under climate conditions of Intermountain West region of the United States. The strains were: %26apos;Beni Shogun Fuji%26apos;, %26apos;Naga Fu 12 Fuji%26apos;, %26apos;Sun Fuji%26apos;, `T.A.C. 114 Fuji%26apos;, and %26apos;Torres Fuji%26apos; on M.9 T337 rootstock. %26apos;Sun Fuji%26apos; often had lower fruit weight than other strains. Strains differed widely with respect to their fruit peel colour. In general, fruits of %26apos;Sun Fuji%26apos; and `T.A.C. 114 Fuji%26apos; always had less but %26apos;Beni Shogun Fuji%26apos; had more red colour than other strains. %26apos;Torres Fuji%26apos; also tended to have slightly higher colour than some strains. Fruit of %26apos;Beni Shogun Fuji%26apos; had higher starch degradation pattern than other strains because this strain matured earlier. %26apos;Beni Shogun%26apos; also had higher sunburn and surface cracks but lower watercore than all other strains. Considering all yield and quality attributes at harvest, %26apos;Beni Shogun Fuji%26apos; was a great choice for an early strain.

• 出版日期2014-8