Abstract
In this study, agro-morphological, sensory and biochemical characteristics of 23 plum genotypes belonging to Prunus spinosa L. subsp. dasyphylla (Schur) Domin growing wild in the West Black Sea Region in Turkey were investigated. Agro-morphological, sensory and biochemical properties of genotypes were highly different from each other. Principal component analysis was performed to determine the correlation between these properties and genotypes. The variation in the study was determined to be 63.5% in agro-morphological properties, 53.8% in organic acids and 46% in phenolic compounds. In terms of fruit weight, 14BLM08 genotype (38.42 g) was determined to be superior to other genotypes. The fruit firmness value, which is important in the storage of fruits, was recorded as the highest in the 14BLM14 genotype (9.07 kg/cm2). Chlorogenic acid was higher than the other phenolic compounds and the highest value was obtained in the 14BLM20 (11.45 mg/kg) genotype. It was recorded that the value of malic acid, which is the major organic acid of the plums, varied between 269.65–1294.64 mg/100 g. Genotypes showed diverse vitamin C content, and the highest value was found in the 14BLM18 genotype as 54.42 mg/100g. Each genotype showed superiority according to the type of traits, and thus breeders may have used these genotypes as the superior ones for specific plum breeding purposes. In addition, these genotypes could be satisfactorily used in domestication.
Highlights
Dependent on the continuous increase in the human population in the world, there will be difficulties in providing enough food
The fruit and leaf samples taken from each plum genotypes from Mudurnu town belongs to Bolu province
The highest total soluble solid was obtained from 14BLM21 genotypes as 23.33%, while the lowest value was observed in genotype 14BL14 as 9.33%
Summary
Dependent on the continuous increase in the human population in the world, there will be difficulties in providing enough food. In this sense, fruits have an important place in both nutrition and human health [1,2,3,4]. Plums are among the major groups within the temperate climate fruit species in Turkey. Turkey ranks sixth in the world with the production of 296,878 tons of plum [5]. With the high number of plum species, the origin of these species from different climatic regions has played an important role in the wide spread of this fruit species in the world.
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