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Effects of latitude and weather conditions on contents of sugars, fruit acids, and ascorbic acid in black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) juice

Zheng, Jie, Yang, Baoru, Tuomasjukka, Saska, Ou, Shiyi, Kallio, Heikki·2009·Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
DOI 10.1021/jf8034513
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The genetic background determined the composition of black currants and the compositional response to weather conditions. The variety Melalahti had higher values for glucose and sugar/acid ratio and lower contents of fructose, citric acid, quinic acid, and vitamin C than the varieties Mortti and Ola (p<0.05). In comparison to black currants grown in northern Finland (latitude 66 degrees 34' N), the berries grown in southern Finland (latitude 60 degrees 23' N) had higher contents of fructose, glucose, sucrose, and citric acid (by 8.8, 6.1, 10.0, and 11.7%, respectively) and lower contents of malic acid, quinic acid, and vitamin C (by 31.1, 23.9, and 12.6%) (p<0.05). Fructose, glucose, and citric acid in Melalahti were not influenced by the weather, whereas their concentrations in Mortti and Ola correlated positively with the average temperature in February (Pearson's correlation coefficients = 0.53-0.79, p<0.01) and July (Pearson's correlation coefficients = 0.63-0.87, p<0.01) and negatively with the percentage of the days with a relative humidity of 10-30% from the start of the growth season until the day of harvest (Pearson's correlation coefficients = from -0.47 to -0.76, p<0.01). Positive correlations existed between fructose and glucose (Pearson's correlation coefficients = 0.95-0.96, p<0.01), citric acid and fructose (Pearson's correlation coefficients = 0.57-0.75, p<0.01), as well as between citric acid and glucose (Pearson's correlation coefficients = 0.56-0.70, p<0.01) in the three varieties because of the closely related metabolic pathways.

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  • The vitamin C content of individual plant species is highly variable due to factors including place of cultivation, harvesting time, weather conditions, latitude, genotype, agrotechnology, analytical method, and processing.

    “As can be seen from Table 1, the vitamin C content of individual plant species is highly variable due to many factors, including place of cultivation, harvesting time (ripening stage), weather conditions, latitude, genotype, agrotechnology, analytical method used for determination, and processing [24,32,33,34,35].”

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Authors
Zheng, J., Yang, B., Tuomasjukka, S., Ou, S., & Kallio, H.
Affiliations
University of Turku (FI)
Corresponding author
Kallio, Heikki
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Published
2009-03-05
Volume
57
Issue
7
Pages
2977-2987
ISSN
  • 0021-8561 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-5118
DOI
10.1021/jf8034513
OpenAlex
W2049964175
Cited by
101
References
31
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Berry genetics and cultivation research
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
Keywords
black currant, fruit juice composition, sugar, fruit acids, vitamin C, latitude, weather conditions, relative humidity, temperature, cultivar differences, glucose, fructose, citric acid, malic acid, quinic acid, sugar-acid ratio
MeSH terms
Ascorbic Acid, Beverages, Carbohydrates, Environment, Finland, Fructose, Fruit, Geography, Glucose, Quinic Acid, Weather, Citric Acid, Ribes

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