Carbohydrate Differences in Strawberry Crowns and Fruit (Fragaria × ananassa) during Plant Development
- 25 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Vol. 50 (11), 3317-3321
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jf011491p
Abstract
Carbohydrates accumulation and mobilization are highly relevant in plants because they have been related to yield and quality. Therefore, the aims of this work were to determine soluble carbohydrates and starch in strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa cv. Camarosa) crown sections (basal, middle, and upper) at three different plant growth stages (vegetative, blooming, and fruiting), and in fruit varieties (cv. Camarosa, Seascape, and Oso Grande) grown on the same field and in a different geoclimate. The main soluble carbohydrates found were glucose, sucrose, and fructose. Concentration differences were found among crown sections and time. The lowest levels of glucose, fructose, and sucrose were present at the beginning of fruit formation (6.2, 1.8 mg/g, and trace, respectively). Starch increased in basal and middle sections at the same time (8.6 to 109.6 and 6.6 to 93.5 mg/g, respectively). There appears to be a relationship between crown and fruit soluble carbohydrates. The most abundant fruit monosaccharides in all varieties were glucose (160-190 mg/g), fructose (90-180 mg/g), and sucrose (30-120 mg/g), followed by myo-inositol (10-23 mg/g). Strawberry crowns are an important source of carbohydrates and they might play a role during plant development specifically related to fruit sweetness. Fruit quality is highly influenced by a combination of several factors such as genotype, geoclimate, and probably carbon partitioning.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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