FOOD POTENTIAL OF ALTERNATIVE POME FRUIT TREES CULTIVATED IN MOSCOW REGION
EKATERINA V. SOLOMONOVA 1, NIKOLAI A. TRUSOV 2, TATIANA D. NOZDRINA 1, TATIANA P. MEER 3, VLADIMIR N. SOROKOPUDOV 4, CECILIA GEORGESCU 5* 1. Moscow State University of Food Production, 125080, Volokolamskoe Highway, 11, Moscow, Russian Federation
2. Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, 127276, Botanicheskaya Street, 4, Moscow, Russian Federation
3. RUDN University, Agrarian and Technological Institute, 117198, Miklukho-Maklay Street, 6, Moscow, Russian Federation
4. All-Russian Horticultural Institute for Breeding, Agrotechnology and Nursery, 115598, Zagorevskaya Street, 4, Moscow, Russian Federation
5. âLucian Blagaâ University of Sibiu, Faculty of Agriculture Science, Food Technology and Environmental Protection, 550012, Ioan Ratiu Street, 7-9, Sibiu, Romania
*Corresponding author: cecilia.georgescu@ulbsibiu.ro
The research is aimed at finding new sources of food raw materials for the industrial use at the expense of alternative pome fruit trees (Maleae Small) cultivated in the middle zone of the Russian Federation. The mature fruits of medlar (Mespilus germanica L.), quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) and hawthorns (Crataegus submollis Sarg. Đ°nd C. punctata Jacq.) were studied. A rapid analysis of the methods of classical botanical study of morphology, anatomy and morphometry, with the addition of biochemical samples for vitamin C and oil content, was performed. The studied pome fruits are promising for the food use, as well as possibly competitive compared to imported analogues.
