Abstract

Regina tomato, a locally cultivated Italian landrace, is listed as an item in the 'List ofTraditional Agri-Food Products' of the Italian Department for Agriculture and itemised as 'SlowFood presidium' by the Slow Food Foundation. It is classified as a long-storage tomato since it can bepreserved for several months after harvest thanks to its thick and coriaceous skin. Three ecotypeswere investigated for main physical and chemical traits both at harvest and after three months ofstorage. Experimental results indicate that this tomato landrace has a qualitative profile characterizedby high concentrations of tocopherols, lycopene and ascorbic acid (maximum 28.6 and 53.7 mg/kgfresh weight, FW, and 0.28 mg/g FW, respectively) even after a long storage time, together withlower average Total Soluble Solids. The initial and post-storage contents of the bioactive compoundschanged at a different rate in each ecotype (i.e., in Monopoli Regina tomato the highest content of-Tocopherol, thereafter reduced to the same level of the other two ecotypes). These results indicateunique and unmistakable features of this long-storage tomato, closely linked to the geographicorigin area that include both natural (available technical inputs) and human (specific culturalpractices) factors.

Autore Pugliese

• Serio Francesco , Gonnella Maria , Renna Massimiliano , Mita Giovanni , Durante Miriana

Tutti gli autori

• M. Renna; M. Durante; M. Gonnella; D. Buttaro;M. D'Imperio; G. Mita ; F. Serio

Titolo volume/Rivista

Agriculture

Anno di pubblicazione

2018

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2077-0472

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