Journal of Chemistry

Research Article

Effect of Harvest Year and Altitude on Nutritional and Biometric Characteristics of Blueberry Cultivars

Table 3

Free sugars, organic acids, and vitamin C contents (mg·g⁻¹ DM) for four blueberry cultivars in the period 2011–13 in two altitudes. Means () ± SEM (standard error of the mean).

Cultivar (Cv)

Years (Y)

Altitude (A)

Free sugars

Organic acids

Vitamin C

Fructose

Glucose

Galactose

Sucrose

Total free sugars

Citric acid

Quinic acid

Malic acid

Total organic acids

Duke

2011

High

155.88 ± 15.19

51.52 ± 2.93

51.15 ± 13.25

1.70 ± 0.19

260.25 ± 29.23

53.38 ± 5.00

10.73 ± 0.28

1.27 ± 0.06

65.37 ± 4.87

1.03 ± 0.03

Low

212.07 ± 43.65

57.36 ± 4.48

58.24 ± 5.65

1.58 ± 0.13

329.25 ± 35.61

47.50 ± 0.72

9.14 ± 0.16

1.36 ± 0.10

58.01 ± 0.79

1.10 ± 0.03

2012

High

272.64 ± 8.04

47.19 ± 4.19

50.11 ± 2.19

5.48 ± 0.40

375.43 ± 11.31

19.37 ± 2.87

4.31 ± 0.38

3.23 ± 0.22

26.90 ± 2.42

1.54 ± 0.03

Low

270.87 ± 9.53

44.74 ± 3.83

45.75 ± 2.43

3.86 ± 0.19

365.22 ± 13.38

24.49 ± 0.93

3.32 ± 0.18

7.21 ± 1.09

35.01 ± 1.80

1.62 ± 0.02

2013

High

87.34 ± 3.01

17.29 ± 0.68

19.13 ± 0.96

2.83 ± 0.08

126.58 ± 4.49

14.11 ± 2.84

5.39 ± 0.84

4.17 ± 1.63

23.67 ± 3.00

0.14 ± 0.01

Low

74.42 ± 5.72

14.36 ± 0.70

16.52 ± 0.84

2.61 ± 0.11

107.91 ± 6.51

47.12 ± 5.68

14.78 ± 2.29

1.67 ± 0.14

63.57 ± 8.01

0.07 ± 0.01

Bluecrop

2011

High

143.98 ± 6.59

45.68 ± 3.12

54.16 ± 1.24

0.56 ± 0.02

244.38 ± 6.69

60.98 ± 1.27

5.44 ± 0.12

2.00 ± 0.21

68.42 ± 1.24

1.02 ± 0.04

Low

151.49 ± 5.79

51.32 ± 2.00

49.18 ± 4.62

0.40 ± 0.06

252.39 ± 12.09

51.85 ± 2.11

4.73 ± 0.19

1.55 ± 0.08

58.14 ± 2.28

1.08 ± 0.06

2012

High

281.50 ± 7.80

46.12 ± 2.98

53.66 ± 2.54

5.99 ± 0.31

387.27 ± 10.30

25.27 ± 1.60

3.79 ± 0.40

3.00 ± 0.39

32.06 ± 1.77

1.60 ± 0.03

Low

235.51 ± 4.92

37.63 ± 3.25

42.97 ± 4.87

4.79 ± 0.33

320.90 ± 6.02

31.03 ± 1.27

3.72 ± 0.19

6.92 ± 2.38

41.67 ± 3.34

1.70 ± 0.06

2013

High

77.93 ± 3.71

16.37 ± 0.58

16.87 ± 0.87

3.46 ± 0.14

114.62 ± 4.57

55.27 ± 3.97

7.22 ± 0.51

2.15 ± 0.28

64.64 ± 4.43

0.19 ± 0.01

Low

73.53 ± 5.20

14.24 ± 1.22

16.07 ± 1.41

2.80 ± 0.09

106.64 ± 7.50

69.65 ± 7.06

6.95 ± 1.36

1.19 ± 0.32

77.79 ± 8.69

0.19 ± 0.02

Goldtraube

2011

High

154.37 ± 4.89

52.35 ± 4.67

52.16 ± 3.59

7.90 ± 0.47

266.77 ± 12.82

57.73 ± 1.83

3.61 ± 0.13

1.02 ± 0.09

62.36 ± 1.88

1.27 ± 0.06

Low

2012

High

256.44 ± 12.02

38.71 ± 2.32

45.83 ± 1.62

6.06 ± 0.28

346.89 ± 13.95

38.86 ± 1.96

2.93 ± 0.33

2.45 ± 0.65

44.24 ± 1.19

1.58 ± 0.08

Low

2013

High

75.28 ± 4.33

14.57 ± 1.09

17.42 ± 1.75

2.92 ± 0.31

110.19 ± 7.18

87.81 ± 4.69

12.05 ± 1.08

4.49 ± 1.30

104.35 ± 6.94

0.15 ± 0.05

Low

Ozarkblue

2011

High

146.74 ± 14.89

53.94 ± 1.33

54.62 ± 5.59

3.17 ± 0.33

258.48 ± 21.97

44.00 ± 0.37

3.12 ± 0.43

1.90 ± 0.24

49.00 ± 0.33

1.43 ± 0.20

Low

150.80 ± 2.55

54.25 ± 0.66

58.52 ± 2.14

4.47 ± 0.07

268.04 ± 5.42

48.17 ± 0.10

2.86 ± 0.12

1.46 ± 0.02

52.49 ± 0.10

1.26 ± 0.06

2012

High

282.79 ± 2.52

45.05 ± 1.50

54.84 ± 3.56

4.24 ± 0.18

386.9 ± 3.80

35.60 ± 1.16

3.19 ± 0.33

4.28 ± 0.45

43.07 ± 1.46

1.36 ± 0.02

Low

304.52 ± 6.51

49.46 ± 3.86

55.66 ± 4.98

4.17 ± 0.36

413.81 ± 9.49

13.34 ± 0.53

3.30 ± 0.20

1.66 ± 0.26

18.30 ± 0.96

1.47 ± 0.06

2013

High

70.40 ± 1.38

13.86 ± 0.25

11.40 ± 0.98

1.70 ± 0.80

97.36 ± 1.69

74.92 ± 2.97

8.43 ± 1.18

1.85 ± 0.40

85.19 ± 4.47

0.32 ± 0.01

Low

64.06 ± 1.86

15.36 ± 0.78

16.58 ± 0.13

2.08 ± 0.02

98.07 ± 1.19

75.11 ± 2.34

11.56 ± 1.07

5.61 ± 0.70

92.29 ± 2.57

0.06 ± 0.01

()

0.0001

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0.0676

0.8336

0.1469

0.0012

0.0475

0.0024

0.0196

0.7237

0.0027

0.0623

()

0.0012

0.3242

0.3468

0.0216

0.0006

0.0001

0.0004

0.0001

0.0133

nd, not determined.