ANTHOCYANIN CONTENT OF STRAWBERRIES (FRAGARIA ANANASSA) GROWN IN EITHER ORGANIC OR INTEGRATED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

The anthocyanin composition of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) fruit (‘Record’ and ‘Nora’) was analysed as a function of production system (integrated versus organic) and plant type (cold stored versus fresh plug). This study occurred over two harvest years. ‘Record’ and ‘Nora’ were characterised by the same four main anthocyanins (pelargonidin-3-glucoside, pelargonidin-3-glucoside-succinate, pelargonidin-3-rutinoside and cyanidin-3-glucoside). Pel-3-glu represented 80% of the total anthocyanins in ‘Nora’ and about 65% in ‘Record’. With the exception of the plant type for ‘Nora’, all the variables affected anthocyanin content.
However, significant interactions among the variables indicated the existence of non-uniform behaviour and made it impossible to isolate each variable’s effect.

Organic Fruit Conference

I. Baiamonte, A. Raffo, N. Nardo, F. Paoletti, M. Bonoli, G. Baruzzi, W. Faedi

anthocyanins, strawberries, organic production, integrated production

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.873.34