effect of environmental conditions on nutritional quality of cherry tomato fruits: evaluation of two experimental Mediterranean greenhouses

• Published in: Journal of the science of food and agriculture Vol. 91; no. 1; pp. 152 - 162
• Main Authors: Rosales, Miguel A, Cervilla, Luis M, Sánchez‐Rodríguez, Eva, Rubio‐Wilhelmi, María del Mar, Blasco, Begoña, Ríos, Juan J, Soriano, Teresa, Castilla, Nicolás, Romero, Luis, Ruiz, Juan M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 15.01.2011; Wiley; John Wiley and Sons, Limited
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Agriculture - methods; antioxidant capacity; Antioxidants - metabolism; Ascorbic Acid - metabolism; Biological and medical sciences; Carotenoids - metabolism; Dietary Sucrose - metabolism; Environment, Controlled; Environmental aspects; environmental factors; environmental stress; Feeding. Feeding behavior; flavour; food analysis; food composition; Food industries; Food science; Fruit - chemistry; Fruit - classification; Fruit and vegetable industries; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; greenhouse; greenhouse experimentation; Greenhouses; Lycopersicon esculentum; Lycopersicon esculentum - chemistry; Lycopersicon esculentum - growth & development; nutrient content; Nutrition; Nutritive Value; Phenols - metabolism; phytonutrients; Solanum; Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme; Species Specificity; Stress, Physiological; Sunlight; Taste; Temperature; tomato; Tomatoes; Vapor Pressure; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Spain; Mediterranean Area; MED; Evaluation; environmental stress; Vegetables; Cherry; Fruit; flavour; Nutritive value; phytonutrients; Antioxidant; Tomato; Flavor; Stress; antioxidant capacity; Greenhouse

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to examine how different environmental factors (temperature, solar radiation, and vapour‐pressure deficit [VPD]) influenced nutritional quality and flavour of cherry tomato fruits (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. Naomi) grown in two types of experimental Mediterrane...