Effect on Quality Characteristics of Tomatoes Grown Under Well-Watered and Drought Stress Conditions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material and Growing Conditions
2.2. Water Treatments and Harvesting
2.3. Basic Determinations of Tomatoes
2.4. Determination of Antioxidant Compounds
2.5. Determination of Antioxidant Activities (DPPH Activity and ABTS Assay)
2.6. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Quality Characteristics Changes in Fruits Induced by Drought Stress
3.2. Antioxidant Compounds
3.3. Antioxidant Activities of the Fruits
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Cultivars (C) | Water Treatments (T) | Analysis of Variance | LSD | |||||
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Well-Watered | Drought | C | T | C × T | C | T | C × T | ||
% Dry matter | Scoresby Dwarf | 7.8 ± 0.8 | 7.3 ± 0.7 | * | ns | ns | 0.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
Incas | 7.1 ± 0.5 | 8.9 ± 0.8 | |||||||
Marmande | 7.0 ± 0.4 | 7.4 ± 0.3 | |||||||
Window Box Red | 6.2 ± 0.5 | 6.0 ± 0.3 | |||||||
TSS (°Brix) | Scoresby Dwarf | 8.5 ± 0.6 | 6.5 ± 0.4 | * | ns | ns | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
Incas | 7.5 ± 0.4 | 7.2 ± 0.7 | |||||||
Marmande | 7.3 ± 0.9 | 7.8 ± 0.6 | |||||||
Window Box Red | 4.7 ± 0.1 | 4.2 ± 0.1 | |||||||
pH | Scoresby Dwarf | 4.4 ± 0.2 | 4.5 ± 0.7 | * | ns | ns | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
Incas | 4.7 ± 0.0 | 4.3 ± 0.2 | |||||||
Marmande | 4.1 ± 0.1 | 4.0 ± 0.0 | |||||||
Window Box Red | 7.0 ± 0.3 | 5.9 ± 0.2 |
Parameters | Cultivars (C) | Water Treatments (T) | Analysis of Variance | LSD | |||||
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Well-Watered | Drought | C | T | C × T | C | T | C × T | ||
Lycopene (mg/kg DW) | Scoresby Dwarf | 21.1 ± 0.7 | 22.8 ± 0.5 | * | * | * | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
Incas | 20.1 ± 0.2 | 21.4 ± 0.7 | |||||||
Marmande | 18.8 ± 0.4 | 20.6 ± 0.3 | |||||||
Window Box Red | 22.2 ± 0.4 | 26.3 ± 0.2 | |||||||
Total phenolics (mg GAE/100 g DW) | Scoresby Dwarf | 38.0 ± 0.6 | 48.6 ± 0.5 | * | * | * | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 |
Incas | 34.3 ± 0.6 | 46.9 ± 0.4 | |||||||
Marmande | 32.7 ± 0.8 | 40.9 ± 0.4 | |||||||
Window Box Red | 38.2 ± 0.3 | 49.3 ± 0.9 | |||||||
Flavonoids (mg rutin/100 g DW) | Scoresby Dwarf | 5.2 ± 0.1 | 6.1 ± 0.1 | * | * | * | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Incas | 6.7 ± 0.0 | 1.7 ± 0.1 | |||||||
Marmande | 4.8 ± 0.1 | 5.1 ± 0.1 | |||||||
Window Box Red | 2.9 ± 0.1 | 6.9 ± 0.1 | |||||||
DPPH (μmol trolox/g DW) | Scoresby Dwarf | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 1.8 ± 0.0 | * | * | ns | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
Incas | 0.8 ± 0.0 | 1.3 ± 0.1 | |||||||
Marmande | 0.7 ± 0.0 | 1.4 ± 0.0 | |||||||
Window Box Red | 1.3 ± 0.0 | 1.7 ± 0.0 | |||||||
ABTS (μmol trolox/g DW) | Scoresby Dwarf | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 3.2 ± 0.1 | * | * | * | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
Incas | 0.7 ± 0.10 | 2.6 ± 0.1 | |||||||
Marmande | 0.7 ± 0.10 | 2.3± 0.1 | |||||||
Window Box Red | 4.6 ± 0.07 | 5.1 ± 0.1 |
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Klunklin, W.; Savage, G. Effect on Quality Characteristics of Tomatoes Grown Under Well-Watered and Drought Stress Conditions. Foods 2017, 6, 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods6080056
Klunklin W, Savage G. Effect on Quality Characteristics of Tomatoes Grown Under Well-Watered and Drought Stress Conditions. Foods. 2017; 6(8):56. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods6080056
Chicago/Turabian StyleKlunklin, Warinporn, and Geoffrey Savage. 2017. "Effect on Quality Characteristics of Tomatoes Grown Under Well-Watered and Drought Stress Conditions" Foods 6, no. 8: 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods6080056