Characterization of red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) for their physicochemical and morphological properties
¹Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Food Technology, Rīgas iela 22, LV-3001 Jelgava
²Latvia Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Agriculture, Lielā iela 2, LV-3001 Jelgava, Latvia
*Correspondence: ingrida.augspole@llu.lv
Abstract:
Different raspberry cultivars are grown in Latvia suitable both for fresh market and for processing. Fresh local red raspberry is available for consumers from July to October. Information about the physical, chemical, and morphology properties of raspberry fruit is essential for understanding the behavior of the product during the postharvest operations such as harvesting, transporting, sorting, grading, packaging and storage. Knowledge of the physicochemical properties of red raspberries is essential because variations in the levels of these properties may exist between cultivars. New varieties of plants were used to describe and compare the fruit quality of red raspberry cultivars: ‘Daiga’, ‘Shahrazada’, ‘Norna’ and ‘Polana’ grown in Zemgales region of Latvia. The samples were collected from farm ‘Pluģi’ the full stage of ripening. The current research aimed to investigate and determine the chemical composition (total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), titratable acidity (TAc), total soluble solids content of raspberry fruits, the physical parameter pH, and color. Presented morphological parameters of fruit included their weight, receptacle length (Rl), receptacle width (Rw), fruit length (Fl), fruit width (Fw), weight of fruit (M), number of seeds. Research results showed significant differences in all chemical and physical characteristics as well as in morphology properties (P < 0.05) between cultivars.
Key words:
physical and morphological properties, physicochemical, raspberry, Rubus idaeus L