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- Title
COMPARISON OF WILD AND CULTIVATED JUNEBERRY FRUIT (AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA (NUTT.) NUTT. EX M. ROEM.) FROM THE FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION.
- Authors
Poelart, Brittany; Bergh, Ferdinand; Hartman, Kerry; Reese, R. Neil
- Abstract
On the Fort Berthold Reservation, Juneberries were a common staple growing along the Missouri River bottoms and in draws and protected drainages. With the damming of the Missouri River and the formation of Lake Sakakawea, much of the habitat for this species was lost. In an attempt to restore this valuable food source to the people living on the Reservation, Juneberries were planted in 3 locations in upland orchards and cultivated with and without irrigation. Fruits were collected in 2010 in late July, as is traditional, from these orchards and several small drainages where Juneberries still grow naturally. Fruit quality was determined biochemically by measuring total phenolics, total monomeric anthocyanins, soluble solids and titratable acids. Antioxidant capacity was also measured. The fruit quality varied greatly between cultivars and between the three orchard sites. The quality of fruit collected from natural habitats also showed significant variability in biochemical analyses between collection sites and in comparison to the introduced Juneberry cultivars, with some of the native locations having the highest quality fruit in the study.
- Subjects
MISSOURI River; SASKATOON serviceberry; PLANT growth; PLANT habitats; ANTIOXIDANTS; CULTIVARS; FRUIT quality
- Publication
Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, 2011, Vol 90, p206
- ISSN
0096-378X
- Publication type
Article