Rootstock Affects the Fruit Quality of ‘Early Bigi’ Sweet Cherries

The cherry rootstock influences the performance of the scion cultivar. It has an effect on cherry fruit quality, tree growth, yield and yield efficiency and floral and foliar nutrition. In this work, the influence of Saint Lucie 64 and Maxma 60 rootstocks on the fruit quality traits of cv. Early Big...

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Published in:Foods Vol. 10; no. 10; p. 2317
Main Authors: Martins, Valter, Silva, Vânia, Pereira, Sandra, Afonso, Sílvia, Oliveira, Ivo, Santos, Marlene, Ribeiro, Carlos, Vilela, Alice, Bacelar, Eunice, Silva, Ana Paula, Gonçalves, Berta
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 29.09.2021
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Subjects:
Acidity
Cherries
cherry quality
color
Cultivars
Drought
Epidermis
firmness
Food science
fruit quality
fruit weight
Fruits
Nutrition
Prunus avium L
Rootstocks
scions
scion–rootstock combination
sensory evaluation
sensory profile
texture
titratable acidity
tree growth
Trees
ISSN:2304-8158, 2304-8158
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Summary:The cherry rootstock influences the performance of the scion cultivar. It has an effect on cherry fruit quality, tree growth, yield and yield efficiency and floral and foliar nutrition. In this work, the influence of Saint Lucie 64 and Maxma 60 rootstocks on the fruit quality traits of cv. Early Bigi was evaluated. For this, several parameters, namely fruit weight (FW) and size (FS), soluble solids content (SSC), pH, titratable acidity (TA), flesh firmness (FF), epidermis rupture force (ERF), color and sensory profile, were assessed. Results showed that the fruits from trees on Saint Lucie 64 presented higher FF and ERF values and, consequently, better texture. On the other hand, fruits from trees on Maxma 60 showed sweeter cherries (higher SSC). Moreover, these trees presented the darkest cherries (lower values of L*, a*, b*, C* and hue°) and the highest SSC. Therefore, although the trees on Saint Lucie 64 produced firmer cherries, it was those with the Maxma 60 rootstock that produced sweeter and darker fruits. In conclusion, both scion–rootstock combinations proved to be good options for the region of Resende.
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ISSN:2304-8158
2304-8158
DOI:10.3390/foods10102317