Affiliation:
1. Horticultural Sciences Department University of Florida Gainesville FL USA
2. Department of Horticulture MNS‐University of Agriculture Multan Pakistan
Abstract
AbstractBACKGROUNDAchieving a larger berry size accompanied with even ripening are demanded by producers in growing muscadine cultivars. The current study aimed to evaluate the impact of fruit thinning on berry size and quality in two muscadine grape cultivars, ‘Triumph’ a bronze‐fruited cultivar bearing hermaphrodite flowers, and ‘Supreme’ a dark black‐fruited cultivar bearing female flowers. Thinning was performed before bunch closure and only one cluster per cane was retained.RESULTSResults indicated a significant interaction of treatments and cultivars on berry weight and berry diameter. In ‘Supreme,’ berry weight and berry diameter were significantly increased where thinning was performed, and difference in plant yield between thinned and not thinned vines was not significant. For ‘Triumph,’ thinning had no significant impact on berry weight and diameter, but yield was ultimately reduced. Other physico‐chemical characters were not affected by fruit thinning. However, differences were observed between both cultivars for these characters. The values of antioxidant scavenging activity (ASA) and total phenolic content (TPC) were 62.7% and 21.7% higher in ‘Supreme’ as compared to ‘Triumph,’ irrespective of the thinning treatments. Being a colored cultivar, ‘Supreme’ berries have higher anthocyanins than ‘Triumph,’ which has a negligible amount of anthocyanins. The ASA exhibited a strong positive correlation with TPC and anthocyanin content of muscadine grapes. There was also a significant positive correlation between TPC and anthocyanins.CONCLUSIONCluster thinning of some muscadine grape cultivars may improve individual berry size without affecting overall plant yield or the fruit color, firmness, biochemical attributes and bioactive compounds. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
Funder
Higher Education Commission, Pakistan
Subject
Nutrition and Dietetics,Agronomy and Crop Science,Food Science,Biotechnology
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