Abstract
Gilaburu is an important fruit species in terms of healthy effects, having potential for use as alternative medicine and suitable for industrial product processing. In this context, physico-chemical characteristics of three different gilaburu (Viburnum opulus L.) genotypes grown under the ecological conditions of Kayseri, Turkey were determined. In addition, correlations among the investigated characteristics were calculated and their potential to be handled together was revealed. According to results, Fruit width, fruit length and fruit weight characteristics varied between 7.40-7.95 mm, 7.65-8.81 mm and 0.30-0.37 g, respectively. Genotype 3 showed the highest values in terms of pomological characteristics, while the lowest values were obtained from Genotype 1. Among the chemical properties; pH, soluble solid content (SSC) and titratable acidity (TA) values ranged from 3.53 (Genotype 1) to 3.97 (Genotype 2), 10.46 (Genotype 1) to 12.72 (Genotype 2) and 1.56 (Genotype 2) to 2.16 (Genotype 1), respectively. A high level of positive correlation was found between fruit width and fruit length (r = 0.73 ***). Also, these properties have been found to increase fruit weight. While a highly negative correlation was found between titratable acidity and pH (r = -0.95 ***), it was determined that the increase in fruit size and weight decreased dry matter accumulation.
Highlights
Gilaburu (Viburnum opulus L.), is a fast-growing, bushformed berry fruit belonging to the Adoxacea family and commonly grown in Europe and North Africa, while growing naturally in Turkey, especially in Kayseri, Bursa, Konya, Tokat, Ankara and Sakarya (Baytop 1999, Aksoy et al.2004, Sagdic et al.2006; Yıldız and Ekici, 2019)
Determination of chemical characteristics Fifty fruit belonging to each genotype were squeezed with a juice extractor and filtered with coarse filter paper to obtain their juices and these juices were used for phytochemical measurements
For the determination of titratable acidity, the fruit juices were titrated with 0.1 N sodium hydroxyl solution using phenolphthalein as the indicator and the results were expressed as malic acid % by calculating the formula showed by Karaçalı (2012)
Summary
Gilaburu (Viburnum opulus L.), is a fast-growing, bushformed berry fruit belonging to the Adoxacea family and commonly grown in Europe and North Africa, while growing naturally in Turkey, especially in Kayseri, Bursa, Konya, Tokat, Ankara and Sakarya (Baytop 1999, Aksoy et al.2004, Sagdic et al.2006; Yıldız and Ekici, 2019). Thanks to its rich and diverse biochemical content, it has been demonstrated with different studies that it has high antimicrobial, antioxidant, antimutagenic and pharmacological effects (Bolat and Özcan, 1995; Gerçekçioğlu, 1999; Burnaz et al, 2010; Murathan et al, 2018; Taşkın et al , 2019; Yıldız and Ekici, 2019). Within a study conducted on air pollution, it has been emphasized that the production of this. It is very important to choose the genotypes that show superior features in gilaburu, which has a future in many different areas such as being consumed dried or fresh, used in the fruit juice industry, used in alternative medicine due to its rich and diverse biochemical content, preventing air pollution and used in landscaping. As a result of the correlation analysis, the relationships between the examined features have been revealed
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