Vol. 127 (2014): Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society
Krome Memorial Institute (Tropicals)

Physico-chemical evaluation of Dovyalis

Tomas Ayala-Silva
National Germplasm Repository System
Andrea Salas
FIU
Stewart Reed
National Germplasm Repository System
Hamide Gubbuk
Akdeniz University
Michael Winterstein
National Germplasm Repository System
2014 Proceedings Florida State Horticultural Society Volume 127

Published 2018-03-15

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to establish physico-chemical characterization of Dovyalis hybrid fruits (MIA 25359). Samples of 30 fruits were characterized by evaluation of fruit and seed weight, length and width, percentage and number of seeds per fruit, peel and pulp percentage, total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity (TA), TSS/TA, fresh/ dry weight ratio, and maturity index. Dovyalis fruit showed good physical quality for commercial purposes with an average of 90.5% pulp, 9.0 % skin, and 1% seed. Sugar content (TSS) ranged from 14.34 to 16.28, pH 2.44 to 3.63, and TA of 3.85% to 4.76%. Fruit color values for the luminosity (L) of Dovyalis accession (MIA 25359) ranged from 33.06 to 43.59. The values for a* and b* ranged from 15.50 to 22.16 and 10.0 to 27.28, respectively. Fresh/dry weight ratio ranged from 0.17 to 0.20 and maturity index from 3.22 to 4.03.