The cultivation of blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) in China has garnered dramatically rising interest over the last 15 years, with its production area having reached 22,000 hm2, or 16.3% that of world’s total (Li et al., 2016; Brazelton et al., 2017). Meanwhile, global bluebease due to their nutritional and health benef See full list on Plant Materials Rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei cv. ‘Brightwell’) fruits were sampled from fivs of China, in July 2017 (Figure 1). Ten blueberry orchards known for their abundant yields were selected as sampling sites, whose location and altitude are listed in Table 1. Blueberries, that are the fruits, were manually picked at themercial ripening stage, when the berries were fully developed in size and blue in color. Five plants (replicates) were randomly chosen in e Chemicals and Reagents Folin–Ciocalteu reagent, catechin, and cyanidin 3-glucoside were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA), while rutin and gallic acid were purchased from J&K chemicals (, China). The HPLC solvents were bought from EMD (Darmstadt, Germany). Other chemicals and reagents used in this study were of analytical grade and were obtained fr. (, China). Sample Preparation and Extraction All analytical determinations were applied to a fruit homogenate, obtained by crushing about 50 g of frozen berries in a food blender (Philip, , China). A portion of each sample’s homogenate was used to determine TSS content, TA, and sensory properties; the other part was used to extract phenols, flavonoids, proanthocyanidin, and anthocyanin The extraction method was adapted from Wang et al. (2015), with some modifications. Approximately 1 g of each homogenized blueberry sample was pu See full list on Phytochemical Compounds of Blueberry Affected by Growing Locations Significant differences in blueberry TSS, TA, and TSS/TA were found among the different growing locations (Table 2). The TSS among the 10 locations ranged from 9.4 to 14.2%, TA ranged from 0.33 to 0.55%, and TSS/TA ranged from 20 to 37.7. Blueberry grown in Shigu had the highest TSSpared with the other locations, having also the lowest TA content and highest TSS/TA. These results show that where blueberry is grown has a significant impact on its fruit berries’ TSS and TA, which is in line Correlations Among Phytochemical Compounds of Blueberry Significant correlations were also found between phenolicpounds and TAA, TA, and SS/TA (Table 4). These results were similar to findings from other studies, mainly on grape (Matsumoto et al., 2007) and pomegranate (Fawole and Opara, 2013). It may be that blueberry with high TSS are better able to sustain a high coease simultaneously during the maturity stage of berries (Ribera et al., 2010). Correlations Between Sensory Properties and Phytochemical Compounds of Blueberry Significant differences were found among blueberry sensory scorings evaluated by the E-tongue among the 10 sampled locations (Figure 2). Furthermore, significant negative correlations were evident between altitude and sourness, astringency, aftertaste-bitterness, and richness, while altitude was significantly positively correlated with bitterness, umami, and sweetness of the berries (Table 5). Additionally, TSS was significantly positively correlated with bitterness, aftertaste astringency as See full list on A systematic evaluation of various quality characteristics and sensory values of blueberry ‘Brightwell’ from 10 locations in China demonstrated that both sets were affected by their location, while blueberry sensory aspects were markedly influenced by co-occurring phytochemical contents. Bitterness, umami, and sweetness of berries were positively c See full list on The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation. See full list on WH and HY conceived, designed the experiments, and revised the manuscript. QZ, GD, LT, and HW performed the experiments. QZ and GD wrote the manuscript. YR, QZ, and GD analyzed the data. GT revised the manuscript and improved the language. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version. See full list on This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.,); the Natural Scie, China (Nos. B, B); and the Key Research and Development Plan (Moder, China (No. BE2017373). See full list on The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of anymercial or ficial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. See full list on Vu1pN2qWgUlY plant a garden at an altitude of 8,000 or 9,000 feet. Even. the back issues of that reliable old friend Organic. Gardening seem to forsake you up where the air is thin. and often chilly, and the 1pMGQ43S3pYx In Germany, 85% of the Blueberries, Vaccinium myrtillus L., grow in the area of the "Bayerischer Wald" (Bavarian Forest) and the "Oberpfalz". Depending upon weather conditions, anywhere between 900 and 4000 tons of berries are harvested per season. 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