Physicochemical Properties of Four Tomato Cultivars Grown in Nigeria
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Date
2006
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Blackwell
Abstract
The physicochemical characteristics of tomato fruits from three commercial cultivars available in the local market were compared with a wild cultivar. The results showed that the Ibadan-Local and Wild cultivars had a higher fruit yield than Ife-1 and Roma-VF cultivars. The wild cultivar has a high skin and seed content. The shape of the fruits varied from spherical to pear-like. Physicochemical properties such as specific gravity, pH, titratable acidity, ash and refractive index did not vary significantly while total solids, longitudinal (stem blossom end) and cross-sectional diameters (transverse diameter), vitamin C and reducing sugars were significantly different (P > 0.05) among the cultivars investigated. The results showed that the wild cultivar has attributes (i.e. physicochemical characteristics) comparable to commercial cultivars to recommend it to breeders for cultivation.
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Processing of tomatoes, Tomato production in Nigeria, Wild tomato, Tomato physical properties, Tomato chemical properties, Ibadan-local tomato cultivar, Ife-1 cultivar, L. pimpinellifolium
Citation
Adedeji, Olubukola; Taiwo, Kehinde A.; Akanbi, Charles T. and Ajani, Ruth (2006). Physicochemical Properties of Four Tomato Cultivars Grown in Nigeria. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 30.