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. 2022 Dec 12;11(12):2446.
doi: 10.3390/antiox11122446.

Apple Antioxidant Properties as an Effect of N Dose and Rate-Mycorrhization Involvement: A Long-Term Study

Barbara Łata  1 , Sylwia Żakowska-Biemans  2 , Dariusz Wrona  3
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Apple Antioxidant Properties as an Effect of N Dose and Rate-Mycorrhization Involvement: A Long-Term Study

Barbara Łata et al. Antioxidants (Basel). .

Abstract

The genetic and/or the agronomic approaches are two main ways to enhance concentrations of biologically active compounds in fruits and vegetables. In this study, the apple antioxidant status was evaluated from the second to the fourth year after planting in relation to an increasing N-dose applied-with or without plant microbial inoculation in the field conditions. Cultivar 'Šampion Arno' was selected to test these relationships. In the growing season, N treatment and inoculation effects were monitored for the apple peel total phenolics and selected individual phenolic compounds ((+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, chlorogenic and caffeic acids, rutin and phloridzin) and total ascorbate concentration. Additionally, as an environmental stress marker measurement of glutathione reductase, ascorbate peroxidase and catalase activity were conducted. The year effect was most pronounced, while the N or applied inoculum effects were much weaker. Great differences in antioxidative enzyme activity and phenolic concentrations between years were revealed. Nitrogen fertilization reduced the fruit's global phenolic accumulation compared to the control, but the N-effect varied depending on individual phenolic compounds, N dose and N application method. None of the tested factors influenced the ascorbate concentration. There was a certain tendency to increase antioxidant properties in the control group (without mineral N fertilization) but with the application of bio-fertilizer, which may seem promising for future research in this scope.

Keywords: HPLC; Malus domestica Borkh.; N nutrition; antioxidant; bacterial-fungal inoculum; catalase.

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Weather conditions accompanying the study (a) mean month precipitation and (b) mean month temperature. Long term averages were calculated for the period 1982–2012.
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Weather conditions accompanying the study (a) mean month precipitation and (b) mean month temperature. Long term averages were calculated for the period 1982–2012.
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