Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Daniela Nicoleta SCEDEI, Olimpia Alina IORDĂNESCU, Aneta Anca DRĂGUNESCU, Maria BALA Anişoara DUMA (COPCEA), Daciana Tiberia BLIDARIU
Plums have the highest nutritional value of cultivated species, not only in terms of high sugar content (16-20%) but also in terms of content of biologically active substances, especially minerals and vitamins, which have an increasingly important role in human nutrition. Sugars are the substances with the highest share in fruits (about 90% of the dry matter). Fruit carbohydrate content varies depending on species, ranging from 3.4% in gooseberries and 16.72% in apples; plums contain 7-18% carbohydrates. Fruit sugars, especially simple ones, are rapidly absorbed into the body, rebuilding the glycogen reserve of the liver and refreshing the body. This research aimed at studying four plum varieties: 'Cacanska Lepotica’ (Serbia), 'Stanley’ (USA), 'Record’ (Romania), ''Vinete românești’’ (Romania). All four varieties are cultivated in our country: 'Stanley’, 'Record’, ''Vinete românești’’ are widely cultivated in our country while 'Cacanska Lepotica’ is less cultivated. In this paper, the features of the fruit of the plum varieties were monitored in the conditions of the Lugoj locality, in 2018, from a biometric and qualitative point of view.
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