Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXV, Issue 1
Written by Carmen BEINȘAN, Ștefania GÂDEA, Giancarla VELICEVICI, Daniela SCEDEI, Anamaria VÂTCĂ, Ancuța ROTARU, Valentina STOIAN, Melinda HORVAT, Sorin VÂTCĂ
The Apple is one of the basic components in modern human nutrition. They are almost the only food ready prepared in nature, which can be eaten without other additives, either fresh or processed. Apple ranks first among fruit species grown in the temperate zone. The fruits are resistant to handling and transport. In this experiment we studied the biometric and physiological indices of twogapple varieties with different origins from western Romania zone. Compared to the imposed standards on diameter, both imported and domestic varieties fall into the Extra category, except for the Golden Varciorova variety which falls into category I. In order to observe the starch/glucose content following the AI test, it was found that all the samples show indicator 9, which reveals the increased amount of glucose, so that all varieties fall into the category of overripe fruits. Compared to the standard values regarding the maturity degree for apple varieties, it is observed that all the local varieties, both Golden and Idared, Arad and Varciorova fall into the Excellent category, according to the Brix index.
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