Nomenclatural standards of black currant cultivars bred at VIR

Micropropagation as Means of Rapid Multiplication of Newly Developed Blackberry and Black Currant Cultivars

Buds from the branches cut during dormancy (end of January) were used as the initial explants and set to develop under laboratory conditions at room temperature. Aseptic culture was established on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with BA 2.0, IBA 0.5 and GA3 0.1 mg 1-1. MS media with BA and IBA or NAA and GA3 were used for multiplication phase, whereas medium MS with mineral salts reduced to 1/2...

Mineral Composition of Fruit in Black and Red Currant

Black currants (Ribes nigrum) and red currants (Ribes rubrum) are highly appreciated for the food and therapeutic value of their fruits. Mineral composition was determined in eight black currants cultivars (‘Record’, ‘Bogatar’, ‘Deea’, ‘Abanos’, ‘Blackdown’, ‘Ronix’, ‘Tinker’, ‘Tenah’) and three red currants cultivars (‘Rosu timpuriu’, ‘Abundent’, ‘Houghton Castle’). For both species analyzed, ...

BLACK CURRANT (Ribes nigrum L.) – AN INSIGHT INTO THE CROP

A new strategy for identification of currant (Ribes nigrum L.) cultivars using RAPD markers.

We developed a new approach using RAPD fingerprints to distinguish 37 currant cultivars from northeastern China based on optimization of RAPD by choosing 11 nucleotide primers and strict screening PCR annealing temperature. We found that the manual cultivar identification diagram (MCID) approach clearly developed fingerprints from 8 different primers that were useful for cultivar identification...

Stability of anthocyanins from commercial black currant juice under simulated gastrointestinal digestion.

Anthocyanins are effective antioxidants but they have also been proposed to have other biological activities independent of their antioxidant capacities that produce health benefits. Examples range from inhibition of cancer cell growth in vitro, induction of insulin production in isolated pancreatic cells, reduction of starch digestion through inhibition of a-glucosidase activity, suppression o...