Brigita Medveckienė, Dovilė Levickienė, Nijolė Vaitkevičienė, Viktorija Vaštakaitė-Kairienė, Jurgita Kulaitienė
Rosehips of various Rosa spp. are well known for having human health-promoting compounds like mineral nutrients, vitamins, fatty acids, and phenolic compounds. However, little is known about rosehip characteristics which describe the fruit quality and may indicate appropriate harvest times. Our study evaluated the pomological (width, length, and weight of fruits, flesh weight, and seed weight), texture, and CIE colour parameters (L*, a*, and b*), chroma (C), and hue angle (h°) of rosehip fruits of Rosa canina , Rosa rugosa , and genotypes of Rosa rugosa 'Rubra' and 'Alba', harvested at five ripening stages (I-V)...
March 14, 2023: Plants (Basel, Switzerland)