Effect of Genetics and Climate on Apple Sugars and Organic Acids Profiles
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Autor/a
Mignard, Pierre
Beguería, Santiago
Giménez, Rosa
Reig, Gemma
Moreno, María Ángeles
Data de publicació
2022-03-29ISSN
2073-4395
Resum
Apple is widely cultivated in temperate regions. The beneficial properties of apple for
preventing several illnesses are widely known. Nevertheless, qualitative variables such as sweetness
or sourness may influence consumer satisfaction; they are critical factors for fruit consumption
and essential in plant breeding. In the present work, 155 apple accessions were assessed during
five consecutive years (2014–2018). Four individual sugars and seven organic acids were analysed
by HPLC. A mixed-effects model was fitted with accessions and the years’ climatic features as
independent variables. A cluster analysis was applied on the mixed-effects model coefficients. Four
groups were considered as optimum. Genetics seemed to have the strongest effect and showed clear
differences between accession groups, while climate effects were strong only for certain compounds
and had a more horizontal behaviour equally affecting the different accession groups. In fact, nonSpanish cultivars tended to concentrate, while autochthone accessions had a much wider spread.
Individual sugars and acids concentrations correlated negatively with precipitation and positively
with temperature range and solar radiation in all accession groups. The geographic region where
the orchard is grown is thus very important in the resulting metabolites profiles. Moreover, apple
genetics would also play a decisive role as highlighted in the cluster analysis.
Tipus de document
Article
Versió del document
Versió publicada
Llengua
English
Matèries (CDU)
631 - Agricultura. Agronomia. Maquinària agrícola. Sòls. Edafologia agrícola
Pàgines
18
Publicat per
MDPI
Publicat a
Agronomy
Citació
Mignard, Pierre, Santiago Beguería, Rosa Giménez, Carolina Font i Forcada, Gemma Reig, and María Ángeles Moreno. 2022. "Effect Of Genetics And Climate On Apple Sugars And Organic Acids Profiles". Agronomy 12 (4): 827. doi:10.3390/agronomy12040827.
Número de l'acord de la subvenció
INIA/Programa Nacional de Proyectos de Investigación Fundamental/RFP2012-00020-00-00/ES/Actividades permanentes del Banco de Germoplasma de la Estación Experimental de Aula Dei-CSIC para manzano, melocotonero y patrones Prunus/
INIA/Programa Estatal de I+D+I orientada a los retos de la sociedad/RFP2015-00019-00-00/ES/Actividades permanentes del Banco de Germoplasma de Manzano, Melocotonero y Patrones Prunus de la Estación Experimental de Aula Dei-CSIC/
Programa
Fructicultura
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