Variability of the structure of the bio-chemical composition of the fruits of the highbush blueberry

Abstract

In this article the values of the coefficients of variation of 30 indicators of the biochemical composition of the fruits of the blueberry in a three-year cycle of supervision are presented. Signs with resistance against the complex influence of meteorological factors based on the level of the variability of traits are designated. On the basis of the comparative analysis of the averaged variation coefficients calculated for a varietal row of Vaccinium corymbosum L. during a long-term cycle of observation it has been established that the parameters of accumulation of solids, fructose, total soluble sugars, flavonols, total bioflavonols, benzoic acid, nitrogen, potassium, calcium and magnesium in fruits can be characterized by the smallest degree of genotypic variability and, consequently, of intervarietal distinctions, whereas the content of free organic acids, anthocyanins proper and the values of a sugar-acid index in fruits are characterized by the highest degree of genotypic variability.