Volume 5
Issue 2
Food Science and Technology
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume5/issue2/food/abs-13.html
THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF SELECTED APPLE VARIETIES
Grażyna Pierzynowska-Korniak, Ryszard Zadernowski, Józef Fornal, Jarosław Nesterowicz
ABSTRACT
Scanning microscopic analysis cell structure of 8 apple cultivars was carried out. For each variety, skin and flesh, cut and broken preparation was made to research microstructure of apple tissue. The results revealed differences in shape, cell size, thickness of cellular wall, distribution and size intracellular spaces and other fruit texture features of apple varieties tissue. In microscopic picture some varieties of apple were found. Some dependence between structure of apple tissue and sensory assessment of fruit was found too.
Key words:
apples, microstructure, scanning electron microscopy