SOME CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF COLD-ADAPTED PROMISING WALNUT GENOTYPES:TURKEY, BINGOL REGION

Authors : Muharrem ERGUN, Zahide SÜSLÜOĞLU

Pages : 36-45

Doi:10.51477/mejs.873851

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Publication Date : 2021-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The objective of the present study was to examine some physical and chemical shell and kernel attributes of promising walnut types selected from Bingol province in Turkey. Bingol province possesses a rich walnut population almost all of which are seedling-grown. Shell cracking resistance, kernel firmness, kernel percentage, pellicle and cotyledon color, total oil ratio, total phenol content, and antioxidant capacity as DPPH were analyzed and evaluated. Shell cracking resistance ranged from 8.73 to 34.83 kgf with an average value of 17.96 kgf. Kernel firmness was found to range from 0.87 to 1.34 kgf. Lightness insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(L*); of pellicle was in range of 47.06 and 63.01 while yellowness insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b*); in the range of 25.02 and 31.98. Lightness insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(L*); of cotyledon changed mildly from 70.76 to 76.47 with a mean of 73.57 while cotyledon yellowness was in the range of 25.49 and 30.34. Total oil ratio was found to vary between 45.04 and 56.88%. Total phenol content was in the range of 80.97 and 142.91 mg.kg-1 with average value of 118.12 mg.kg-1. The DPPH free radical scavenging capacity of the genotypes vaguely varied from 64.14 to 70.52% with a mean of 69.04%. Finding especially shell cracking index, kernel percentage and pellicle color may contribute to walnut improvement programs.
Keywords : Juglans regia, total oil, total phenolics, , antioxidant capacity, , kernel firmness, shell cracking index