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Characterization of indigenous barberry germplasmin Pakistan: variability in morphological characteristics and nutritionalcomposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2013

Maqsood Ahmed ,
Muhammad Akbar Anjum ,
Raja Mohib Muazzam Naz ,
Muhammad Riaz Khan  and
Sajjad Hussain
Maqsood Ahmed
Affiliation:
Dep. Biotechnol., Mirpur Univ. Sci. Technol., Mirpur, Azad Jammu & Kashmir Pakistan
Muhammad Akbar Anjum
Affiliation:
Dep. Hortic., Bahauddin Zakariya Univ., Multan 60000, Pakistan. sajjad_h@yahoo.com
Raja Mohib Muazzam Naz
Affiliation:
Dep. Hortic., Fac. Agric., Univ. Poonch, Rawalakot, Azad Jammu & Kashmir Pakistan
Muhammad Riaz Khan
Affiliation:
Dep. Hortic., Fac. Agric., Univ. Poonch, Rawalakot, Azad Jammu & Kashmir Pakistan
Sajjad Hussain*
Affiliation:
Dep. Hortic., Bahauddin Zakariya Univ., Multan 60000, Pakistan. sajjad_h@yahoo.com
*
* Correspondence and reprints
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Abstract

Introduction. Barberry (Berberis aristata DC.), a small fruit, is found growing in the wild in the temperate region of northern Pakistan. Materials and methods. Three different locations of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, i.e., Topa, Banjosa and Neriyan Sharif, were explored; thirty accessions of barberry were identified and characterized on the basis of their growth habit, flowering, fruiting and chemical composition of fruits. Results. The accessions exhibited high diversity in their phenotypical/morphological traits such as growth habit, intensity and time of flowering, fruit setting, ripening time, productivity, and fruit shape and color. The location had a great impact on quantitative parameters. Accessions collected from Neriyan Sharif had significantly greater plant height, higher number of branches per plant, extended flowering duration (days), took more time to maturity (days) and had high fruit setting (%), while those from Topa had large-sized leaves and fruits with greater average fruit weight. The nutritional composition of fruits indicated that the accessions from Topa had higher carbohydrate, ash, total soluble solids and Mn contents, with significantly higher juice pH, and lower acidity; while the accessions from Neriyan Sharif had significantly higher moisture, protein, fat, fiber, K, Ca, Na, Fe, Cu, Pb and Cr contents and were highly acidic. The accessions collected from Banjosa were almost intermediate for the quantitative characteristics studied. Conclusions. The results suggested that not only the genotype but its growing location as well are the main factors that determine the growing habit, productivity and nutritional composition of barberry fruits, and this ultimately provides important information on how to make the best use of them.

Keywords

PakistanBerberis aristatabiodiversityfruitsphysicochemical propertiesproximate compositiongenotype environment interactionPakistanBerberis aristatabiodiversitéfruitspropriété physicochimiquecomposition globaleinteraction génotype environnementPakistánBerberis aristatabiodiversidadfrutaspropiedades fisicoquímicascomposición aproximadainteracción genotipo ambiente
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Technical paper
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Fruits , Volume 68 , Issue 5 , September 2013 , pp. 409 - 422
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© 2013 Cirad/EDP Sciences

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