FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 433-437.

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Comparison of Fruit Qualities of Five Major Loquat Cultivars in Fujian Province and Relationship between Fruit Quality and Storability

 LIN  Jian-Cheng, LIN  He-Tong, HUANG  Zhi-Ming, CHEN  Guo-Qiang, ZHENG  Yun-Zhong   

  1. 1.Department of Environmental and Life Science, Putian University, Putian 351100, China; 2. College of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
  • Online:2008-06-15 Published:2011-08-26

Abstract: The differences of physico-chemical indicators of five loquat cultivars in Fujian province were compared, and the relationship between fruit quality and storability was studied. The results showed that the storability of loquat fruit is related with content of loquat fruit water, protopectin, titratable acid and fruit firmness. The lower the water content, the higher the protopectin and titratable acid content. Meanwhile, the stronger the fruit firmness, the better the storability. The contents of sugar and vitamine C are not directly relative with storability. The total soluble solid, lignin and cellulose mainly affect the edible quality of loquat fruit. The ratio of sugar to acid and the soluble solids to total acid are the main indexes for scaling fruit quality.

Key words:  , loquat; varieties; fruit; quality; storability;