Abstract
Organic fruit production is associated with a specific form of farm management: no artificial pesticides or mineral fertilizers are allowed. Only natural methods of fertilization and plant protection, including preventive practices, are used. The Organic Production Regulation describes all organic farming practices. Fruits from organic production are often perceived by consumers as safe and potentially beneficial to health. Pears contain many bioactive compounds from the polyphenol and carotenoid groups. In the present study, three pear cultivars, namely ‘Alexander Lucas’, ‘Conference’, and ‘Xenia’, grown under organic and conventional systems, were examined during the 2019–2020 cultivation season. The contents of polyphenols, carotenoids, chlorophylls, and vitamin C in pear fruits were measured using total and HPLC methods. Compared with conventional pears, organic pears were characterized by significantly higher vitamin C (8.99 mg/100 g fresh weight), total polyphenol (108.20 mg/100 g F.W.), total flavonoid (63.92 mg/100 g F.W.), total carotenoid (14.58 mg/100 g F.W.), and total chlorophyll (4.29 mg/100 g F.W.) contents. Among the three examined cultivars, ‘Xenia’ exhibited the highest concentrations of several analysed phytochemicals. The growing season significantly affected the phytochemical composition and quality attributes of pear fruits.
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Claim · model-written summary
Organic pears had significantly higher vitamin C (8.99 mg/100 g fresh weight) than conventional pears.
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- vitamin Ce1
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- Value
- 8.99 mg/100 g fresh weighte1
- Comparator
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e0“Compared with conventional pears, organic pears were characterized by significantly higher”
e1“vitamin C (8.99 mg/100 g fresh weight)”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic pears had significantly higher total polyphenol content (108.20 mg/100 g F.W.) than conventional pears.
- Treatment
- organic pearse0
- Outcome
- total polyphenole1
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 108.20 mg/100 g F.W.e1
- Comparator
- conventional pearse0
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e0“Compared with conventional pears, organic pears were characterized by significantly higher”
e1“total polyphenol (108.20 mg/100 g F.W.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic pears had significantly higher total flavonoid content (63.92 mg/100 g F.W.) than conventional pears.
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- organic pearse0
- Outcome
- total flavonoide1
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 63.92 mg/100 g F.W.e1
- Comparator
- conventional pearse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Compared with conventional pears, organic pears were characterized by significantly higher”
e1“total flavonoid (63.92 mg/100 g F.W.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic pears had significantly higher total carotenoid content (14.58 mg/100 g F.W.) than conventional pears.
- Treatment
- organic pearse0
- Outcome
- total carotenoide1
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 14.58 mg/100 g F.W.e1
- Comparator
- conventional pearse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Compared with conventional pears, organic pears were characterized by significantly higher”
e1“total carotenoid (14.58 mg/100 g F.W.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic pears had significantly higher total chlorophyll content (4.29 mg/100 g F.W.) than conventional pears.
- Treatment
- organic pearse0
- Outcome
- total chlorophylle1
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 4.29 mg/100 g F.W.e1
- Comparator
- conventional pearse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Compared with conventional pears, organic pears were characterized by significantly higher”
e1“total chlorophyll (4.29 mg/100 g F.W.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Among the three pear cultivars examined, Xenia had the highest concentrations of several analysed phytochemicals.
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- Pear
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- Outcome
- concentrations of several analysed phytochemicalse0
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- higheste0
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e0“‘Xenia’ exhibited the highest concentrations of several analysed phytochemicals”
t0“Pear Cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
The growing season significantly affected the phytochemical composition and quality attributes of pear fruits.
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- fruitse0
- Treatment
- growing seasone0
- Outcome
- phytochemical composition and quality attributese0
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e0“The growing season significantly affected the phytochemical composition and quality attributes of pear fruits”