FOOD POTENTIAL OF ALTERNATIVE POME FRUIT TREES CULTIVATED IN MOSCOW REGION

  • EKATERINA V. SOLOMONOVA
    Moscow State University of Food Production, 125080, Volokolamskoe Highway, 11, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • NIKOLAI A. TRUSOV
    Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, 127276, Botanicheskaya Street, 4, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • TATIANA D. NOZDRINA
    Moscow State University of Food Production, 125080, Volokolamskoe Highway, 11, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • TATIANA P. MEER
    RUDN University, Agrarian and Technological Institute, 117198, Miklukho-Maklay Street, 6, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • VLADIMIR N. SOROKOPUDOV
    All-Russian Horticultural Institute for Breeding, Agrotechnology and Nursery, 115598, Zagorevskaya Street, 4, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • CECILIA GEORGESCU
    ”Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Faculty of Agriculture Science, Food Technology and Environmental Protection, 550012, Ioan Ratiu Street, 7-9, Sibiu, Romania

Abstract

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. аnd 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.

Cuvinte cheie

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