The effects of genotype and altitude of the growing location on physical, chemical, and phytochemical properties of strawberry fruits were investigated. Eight strawberry genotypes obtained from diverse breeding programs were selected. | Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Research Article Turk J Agric For (2018) 42: 145-153 © TÜBİTAK doi: The effects of genotype and altitude of the growing location on physical, chemical, and phytochemical properties of strawberry 1, 2 Kazim GÜNDÜZ *, Hakan ÖZBAY Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, İnönü University, Malatya, Turkey 2 Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey 1 Received: Accepted/Published Online: Final Version: Abstract: The effects of genotype and altitude of the growing location on physical, chemical, and phytochemical properties of strawberry fruits were investigated. Eight strawberry genotypes obtained from diverse breeding programs were selected. The genotypes were grown at three altitudes: in Antakya (117 m), Urumu (443 m), and Saksak (755 m). The results indicated that genotype and growing location had a significant impact on both physico-chemical and phytochemical characteristics. Genotypes explained 36%–51% of total variance for fruit weight (FW), total soluble solids (TSS), total acidity (TA), color incidence chroma (C), hue (h°), citric acid, and total monomeric anthocyanin (TMA). Altitudes explained 23%–50% of total variance for color L, total phenolic content (TPC), glucose, fructose, and total sugar. The genotype effect was larger than that of the different altitude conditions for most of the physico-chemical and phytochemical component variables in the experiment, showing that breeding for fruit quality properties may be successful. Key words: Altitude, anthocyanins, antioxidant capacity, quality, strawberry 1. Introduction Berries have important nutritional components thanks to their high phytochemical contents (Tosun et al., 2009; Zorenc et al., 2016; Cuce and Sokmen, 2017). Among berries, strawberries are favored fruits, because of their high .
