Effect of Harvest Year and Altitude on Nutritional and Biometric Characteristics of Blueberry Cultivars
Table 4
Effect of cultivar, harvest year, and altitude on free sugars, organic acids, and vitamin C (mg·g−1 DM) for blueberry cultivars. Means () ± SEM (standard error of the mean).
Free sugars
Organic acids
Vitamin C
Fructose
Glucose
Galactose
Sucrose
Total free sugars
Citric acid
Quinic acid
Malic acid
Total organic acids
Cultivar (Cv)
Duke
178.21 ± 15.37
35.04 ± 3.03
36.81 ± 2.98
3.43 ± 0.25
7.10 ± 0.80
3.55 ± 0.54
39.36 ± 3.28
0.88 ± 0.11
Bluecrop
165.99 ± 14.90
32.35 ± 2.65
36.08 ± 3.05
3.71 ± 0.33
5.39 ± 0.37
2.93 ± 0.50
54.63 ± 3.37
0.94 ± 0.11
Goldtraube
161.98 ± 18.47
35.21 ± 4.14
38.47 ± 3.91
5.63 ± 0.54
6.20 ± 1.07
2.65 ± 0.57
70.31 ± 6.52
1.00 ± 0.15
Ozarkblue
169.88 ± 22.89
38.65 ± 4.24
41.94 ± 4.97
3.31 ± 0.27
5.41 ± 0.85
2.79 ± 0.41
56.73 ± 6.16
0.98 ± 0.14
()
0.0193
0.1215
0.4659
0.0001
0.0685
0.0001
0.0054
0.9234
0.0001
0.0516
Year (Y)
2011
158.71 ± 6.79
52.35 ± 1.45
53.77 ± 2.00
5.40 ± 0.58
1.45 ± 0.08
59.52 ± 1.46
1.18 ± 0.04
2012
269.65 ± 4.22
44.04 ± 1.44
49.35 ± 1.27
5.16 ± 0.18
26.54 ± 1.38
3.62 ± 0.15
4.13 ± 0.48
34.29 ± 1.39
1.58 ± 0.02
2013
76.91 ± 1.83
15.47 ± 0.36
16.85 ± 0.51
2.81 ± 0.09
54.81 ± 4.21
8.96 ± 0.67
2.94 ± 0.47
66.70 ± 4.63
0.16 ± 0.01
()
0.0001
0.0001
0.0001
0.0001
0.0001
0.0001
0.0001
0.0049
0.0001
0.0001
Altitude (A)
High
170.87 ± 10.69
34.88 ± 2.05
38.10 ± 2.20
4.28 ± 0.25
42.60 ± 2.86
5.66 ± 0.38
2.82 ± 0.28
51.08 ± 3.09
0.94 ± 0.08
Low
168.58 ± 14.46
34.59 ± 2.85
37.00 ± 2.94
3.14 ± 0.22
44.66 ± 3.27
6.86 ± 0.79
3.51 ± 0.57
55.02 ± 3.65
0.93 ± 0.11
()
0.8988
0.9338
0.7621
0.0026
0.8427
0.6500
0.1250
0.2217
0.0729
0.9730
Different letters indicate significantly different values at .
