ÖZ, Ayşe Tülin Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi, Karacaoğlan Kampüsü - Mühendislik Fakültesi - Gıda Mühendisliği Bölümü, Turkey , KAFKAS, Ebru Çukurova Üniversitesi - Ziraat Fakültesi - Bahçe Bitkileri Bölümü, Turkey

Determination of The Effects of Storage Time on Physical Parameter and Biochemical Composition of ‘Festival’ Strawberry Cultivar

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In this study strawberry fruit physical quality and phytochemical changes in ‘Festival’ such as, sugar and organic acid content were investigated during 12 days storage period in polivenilpropilen boxes at the +5°C temperature and 85-90% RH. The fruit mass loss and fruit color [L, a*, b*] changes were not statistically different at end of storage. While fruit firmness was 2.93 N at the harvest time and then it decreased to 1.4 N at the end of storage. Total solible solids content was 11.2% after harvest but it decreased gradually to 9.95% at end of storage. The amount of total phenolic content of strawberry juice and the total amount of flavonoids content were 142.55 mg 100 mL^-1 and 26.16 mg 100 mL^-1, respectively 12th the day of the storage. Anthocyanin content of ‘Festival’ strawberry decreased during storage and detected as 163.71 mg 100 mL^-1 at the end of storage. The results of the present study showed that ‘Festival’ strawberry variety can be stored without losses of marketable quality for 12 days.

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^Strawberry , Total anthocyanin content , Total phenolic content , Total flavonoid content , Storage

Yuzuncu Yil University Journal Of Agricultural Sciences

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