ISHS Acta Horticulturae 663: XI Eucarpia Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics
FRUIT QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN APPLE BREEDING PROGENIES |
| Authors: | I.F. Labuschagné, K. Schmidt, M. Booyse |
| Keywords: | Malus x domestica, sensory evaluation, fruit firmness, fruit breeding |
| Abstract:
During this investigation, fruit quality of nine apple (Malus x domestica) breeding progenies was evaluated over a period of three years by means of sensory and visual evaluation. According to ANOVA, between progeny variation was masked by year and interaction effects. Progeny distribution patterns identified some progenies with a higher percentage of seedlings for specific traits, i.e. ‘Golden Delicious’ progenies showed a higher potential for internal fruit quality traits compared to progenies developed from ‘Anna’. Absence of significant year x progeny interaction for visual traits suggests a single year of testing is adequate, and for sensory analyses, a program of multi-year testing should be applied. Methods for reducing the effect of environmental variation need to be considered in future sensory fruit quality analyses. | |
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