Effect of Some Citrus Rootstocks on the Amount of Biochemical Composition of Parson Brown and Mars Oranges in Jiroft

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Kambiz Mashayekhi ¹

Hossein Sadeghi

Vahid Akbarpour

Sadegh Atashi ²

Seyyed Javad Mousavizadeh ³

Malihe Abshaei

Zohre Nazari

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² Gorgan

³ Department of Horticultural Sciences, Gorgan University of agricultural sciences and natural resources, Gorgan, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.20780

Abstract

Citrus fruits contain numerous nutrients and secondary metabolites including sugars, vitamin C, flavonoids and phenols which have high antioxidant activity and nutritional value. Factors such as cultivar, type of stock and fruit position affect the amount of these compounds. Hence in this study the amount of sucrose, glucose, total sugar, vitamin C, flavonoids and phenols in pulp, mesocarp and flavedo of Parson Brown and Mars oranges grafted on Citrange, Cleopatra and Rough Lemon stocks were measured. According to the results, maximum of vitamin C was in Parson Brown cultivar on the Citrange and Cleopatra grafting stocks. The highest total sugar was recorded in Parson Brown and Mars cultivars on the Rough Lemon stock (P

Keywords

Citrus

Phenol

Flavonoid

Parson Brown

Mars

20.1001.1.20084730.1392.27.1.2.6

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