FRUIT CHARACTERIZATION OF MEXICAN PLUM (Spondias purpurea) FROM SOUTHERN MÉXICO

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Irán Alia-Tejacal
Yanik I. Astudillo-Maldonado
Carlos A. Núñez-Colín
Luis A. Valdez-Aguilar
Silvia Bautista-Baños
Enrique García-Vázquez
Rafael Ariza-Flores
Fernando Rivera-Cabrera

Abstract

Sixty seven Mexican plum (Spondias purpurea L.) accessions native to states of Guerrero, Morelos and Chiapas were evaluated regarding fruit mass, dimensions, color components (L*, C* y H*), total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity (TA) and the TSS/TA ratio. The highest coefficient of variation (50-60 %) was observed in fruit mass, hue angle (H*) and the TSS/TA ratio, which contributed to the formation of seven groups. Fruit mass varied from 4.0 to 43.2 g, fruit color from red (H* = 15), to green (H* = 105), whereas the TSS/TA ratio ranged from 3.0 to 63.2, due to the variation in TSS (from 3.2 to 17.3 ºBrix) and TA (from 0.2 to 2.0 %). These results show the high variabilityamong accessions, some of them having potential for horticultural use.

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