Study on Fruit Harvesting Characteristics and Differences of Three Strains of Armeniaca vulgaris'Saimaiti'
Armeniaca vulgaris'Saimaiti'is an important species among cultivated fruit trees in Xinjiang.In order to clarify the fruit harvesting characteristics and differences between different strains of Armeniaca vul-garis'Saimaiti',in this study,the fruit of three common color Armeniaca vulgaris'Saimaiti'strains were used as research materials.The morphological characteristics,hardness,soluble solids,pH,chroma(LAB),and other indicators of the fruit were measured,and the kernel density and correlation were analyzed.The re-sults showed that there were significant differences in fruit characteristics among the three cultivars.Fruit diame-ter,longitudinal diameter,lateral diameter,and single fruit weight all showed kezilemisabeti<celiksebeti<mugyagelker.Soluble solids were important harvest markers,which were kezilemisabeti(14%-15%),celikse-beti(18%-20%)and mugyagelker(18%-23%),respectively.Hardness differentiation was not obvious,and the distribution was concentrated between 21 and 30.L value was kezilemisabeti(58.30)>celiksebeti(56.27)>mugyagelker(52.61),A value of mugyagelker(14.60)>kezilemisabeti(13.47)>mugyagelker(11.52).The distribution range of B value was 39.82-46.20.In conclusion,the fruit harvesting characteristics of apricot of different strains are obviously different,and the fruit quality of kezilemisabeti apricot is relatively poor.The results are helpful in implementing more economical and efficient harvesting and management measures for Arme-niaca vulgaris'Saimaiti'.