ISHS Acta Horticulturae 701: XII International Symposium on Apricot Culture and Decline
APPLICATION OF SENSORY ANALYSIS TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE OPTIMUM QUALITY AND HARVESTING MOMENT IN APRICOTS |
| Authors: | J. Egea, F. Romojaro, M.T. Pretel, M.C. Martinez-Madrid, E. Costell, A. Cascales |
| Keywords: | Prunus armeniaca, sensory analysis, fruit quality, apricot |
| Abstract:
This work studies the evaluation of the sensory quality of two apricot hybrids, obtained by classical plant breeding, at three different ripening states in order to determine their optimum harvesting moment and commercial quality. A descriptive profile was used for the determination of sensory quality. A panel of 10 tasters evaluated the intensity of eight sensory attributes related to aroma, flavour, colour and texture. At the same time, instrumental analysis of physical-chemical parameters were carried out in order to compare both methodologies. Results showed that tasters can distinguish between apricots at different maturity states and found sensory differences between the hybrids under study thanks to the selected sensory attributes. | |
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