PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D. E. Carroll
AU  - J. E. Marcy
TI  - Chemical and Physical Changes during Maturation of Muscadine Grapes (<em>Vitis Rotundifolia</em>)
AID  - 10.5344/ajev.1982.33.3.168
DP  - 1982 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 168--172
VI  - 33
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/33/3/168.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/33/3/168.full
SO  - Am J Enol Vitic.1982 Jan 01; 33
AB  - Chemical and physical changes occurring in the berries of two cultivars (Carlos and Noble) of muscadine grapes (Vitis rotundifolia) were followed during the growing season. The same chemical and physical determinations were made on the berries of four additional muscadine cultivars samples only at their normal harvest date. The following chemical or physical characteristics were significantly correlated with berry maturation in both cultivars: berry weight, seed weight, percent moisture, °Brix, titratable acidity, °Brix-acid ratio, pH, fructose, glucose, sucrose, tartaric acid and malic acid. Best fit regression equations were calculated and used to describe the relationship of a given chemical or physical characteristic with berry maturation.