Effect of Metaxenia on Sugars and Organic Acids and Taste Quality of Bagged Fuji Apple Fruits
In order to provide references for screening appropriate pollination varieties which could improve the flavor quality of bagged Fuji apple fruits, the effects of metaxenia on the sugars, organic acids and taste quality were studied.Five varieties of Gala, Golden Delicious, Xinhongxing, Jinxiuhaitang and Ruby were used as pollination trees, and Yanfu 3 was used as the pollinated one.The results showed significant metaxenia effects of five pollination varieties on sugars, organic acids and taste quality of bagged Fuji fruits.The glucose content in Fuji apple was higher when pollinated with Golden Delicious and Jinxiuhaitang, and the sucrose content was higher when pollinated with Gala.Higher malic acid content was detected in Fuji fruits pollinated with Gala, Golden Delicious and Ruby, and higher contents of oxalic and succinic acids were detected in the ones pollinated with Jinxiuhaitang and Ruby.The higher total sugar content was found in the fruits pollinated with Gala, and higher total acid content was found in the fruits pollinated with Jinxiuhaitang and Ruby.The ratio of total sugars to total acids was higher when pollinated with Gala and Golden Delicious, but was the lowest when pollinated with Ruby.So the fruits of Fuji were given 'sweet-sour' taste after pollinated with Ruby and 'sour and sweet moderately' taste after pollinated with the other four varieties.
MetaxeniaFuji appleBagged fruitsSugars and organic acid componentsTaste quality