Title of object

Physical and Chemical Characteristics of the Ripe Pepino (Solanum muricatum) Fruit Grown in Turkey

Object description

The pepino (Solanum muricatum Aiton, Solanaceae) is a little-known crop from the tropical and subtropical regions esteemed for its edible fruits, which are aromatic, juicy, scented, mild sweet, and may have great variation in size, shape and colour depending on the cultivar. Organic acids, sugar fractions, total phenolics and some quality characteristics (titratable acidity, pH, soluble solids, colour, etc.) of pepino fruits (cultivar Miski) obtained from Akyazı, Sakarya, Turkey, were determined...

Language of object

English

Author(s) / Publisher

Osman Kola

Discipline(s)

Horticultural Crop Products

Keywords

pepino, pepino cultivars, Miski, El Camino, organic acid, sugar, HPLC, chroma, hue, phenolics

Technical format

Text

Intended end-user role

Learner

Learning resource type

Research

Typical age range

18Ü

Copyright - Restrictions

This resource is licensed under the license(CC-BY-NC-ND) Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported

Cost with use

No

Source code available

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