Genotype and growing season influence blueberry antioxidant capacity and other quality attributes

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1540-1549

  Wang, Shiow Y ^a   Chen, Hangjun ^a   Camp, Mary J ^a   Ehlenfeldt, Mark K ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antioxidant activities; Growing seasons; Organic acids; Phenolics; Sugars; Vaccinium species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; ANTIOXIDANT COMPONENTS; BLUEBERRY CULTIVARS; BREEDING PROGRAMMES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FRUIT QUALITY; GENETIC IMPROVEMENTS; GROWING SEASON; MALIC ACIDS; MINOR CONSTITUENTS; OXYGEN RADICAL ABSORBANCE CAPACITIES; PHENOLIC CONTENT; PHENOLICS; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; SOLUBLE SOLIDS CONTENT; SUGAR CONTENT; TITRATABLE ACID; TOTAL PHENOLICS; VACCINIUM ASHEI; VACCINIUM SPECIES;

AGENTS; ANTHOCYANINS; CITRIC ACID; CULTIVATION; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHENOLS; STANDARDS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84862539770     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2012.03004.x     Document Type: Article

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