Published in Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XXVIII, Issue 1
Written by Imad Al-SUWAID, Cosmin MIHAI, Aurora DOBRIN, Ana BUTCARU, Florin STĂNICĂ
Fruit production influences people's health due to its biochemical compounds. Apricot fruit is rich in potassium, magnesium, and calcium and contains sufficient glucose, sucrose, fructose, vitamins A and E, antioxidant compounds, beta-carotene, and lycopene. Cultivars are an essential factor in determining the final yield of the product, the quality of the fruits produced, the vegetative growth of the plant, and the stress resistance. Several studies have been conducted to increase fruit quality in important fruit indicators such as color, taste, carbohydrate content, titratable acidity, fruit size, firmness, time of fruit harvest, and ripening time. The present study presents the results for more than 25 cultivars of fruit quality parameters correlated to canopy shape or rootstock.
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