Monitoring of Element Contents of Three Different Apple (Malus Spp.) Varieties in an Apple Tree

Richard Horsley¹, Hakki Gökbel², Mehmet Musa Özcan^3, , Mustafa Harmankaya⁴ and Şenay Şimşek¹

¹Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

²Department of Physiology, Selçuk Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

³Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey

⁴Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

Cite this paper:
Richard Horsley, Hakki Gökbel, Mehmet Musa Özcan, Mustafa Harmankaya and Şenay Şimşek. Monitoring of Element Contents of Three Different Apple (Malus Spp.) Varieties in an Apple Tree. Journal of Food and Nutrition Research. 2014; 2(3):127-129. doi: 10.12691/jfnr-2-3-6

Abstract

Elements of three different apples in an apple tree were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES). K contents of apples ranged from 8510 mg/kg (green apple) to 11942 mg/kg (yellow-red apple). While Mg contents of three different apples change between 505 mg/kg (wild apple) and 734 mg/kg (wild apple), P contents ranged from 683 mg/kg (green apple) to 1145 mg/kg (yellow-red apple). In addition, S contents of apple samples were found between 413 mg/kg (green apple) to 556 mg/kg (yellow-red apple). B contents of apples were found between 18.8 mg/kg (wild apple) to 21.0 mg/kg (green apple). As a result, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Zn, Ca, K and Mg contents of wild apple were found higher than those of results of other samples.

Keywords:
an apple tree three variety mineral heavy metals ICP-AES

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