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Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas
Print version ISSN 0120-0135On-line version ISSN 2256-2273
Abstract
ARNAL, Alberto. Watercore in Apple Landraces (Malus domestica Borkh.) as a quality indicator. Rev. Cienc. Agr. [online]. 2021, vol.38, n.1, pp.158-165. Epub Aug 31, 2021. ISSN 0120-0135. https://doi.org/10.22267/rcia.213801.153.
Watercore is the presence of a vitrified texture intruded in the pulp of the fruit. It is found in fruits from different genus and families; and it has been studied in apples. Watercore was described, in apples, as a texture with differential sensorial characteristics in relationship with the ordinary pulp, and its presence is currently considered a defect in apple production, causing economic losses. In this study, it is described as a dichotomous descriptor. We analysed 641 apples from a region belonging to Central Spain (Guadarrama mountain range and the close Tagus Basin River); it was found that around 30% of those apples shown this characteristic, being practically all of them from landraces. Studies related to traditional cultivars do not analyze such characteristic, considered up today as a defect. Nevertheless, we discuss that watercore can have some potential as it gives to apple a distinct appearance and aroma, all of them of value in differential quality and international seal protection. As a result, we conclude our preliminary analysis that it is highly recommended to take into consideration watercore as a descriptor in apple characterizations.
Keywords : germplasm; morphological descriptor; quality; rural development; traditional cultivars; vitreous texture.