Native Species Facing Climate Changes: Response of Calafate Berries to Low Temperature and UV Radiation.

ABSTRACT: Calafate (Berberis microphylla G. Forst) is a wild bush plant widely distributed in the south of Argentina and Chile. Their blue colored fruits present particular flavor and health benefits attributed to high polyphenol contents biosynthesized by the plant under stress. Studies about correlation of abiotic conditions with anthocyanin profiles and physicochemical features of calafate beneath wild origin environment are not described yet. Hence, this research aimed to evaluate the physicochemical changes, antioxidant activity and anthocyanin content of calafate fruit in relationship to UV solar radiation (W.m-2) and air temperature (°C) environment condition during three consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019). Variations in fruit anthocyanins were determined by comparison between high performa

SUBMITTER: Romero-Roman ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7835903 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature