Changes in Ascorbic Acid Content of Developing Rose Hips
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology
- Vol. 51 (3) , 375-378
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221589.1976.11514701
Abstract
The ascorbic acid contents of different rose species were compared at different stages of hip development and showed that, overall, R. damcscena had the highest and R. moschata the lowest concentration of this vitamin. In R. damascena and R. canina, the high vitamin C species, the greatest amounts in the ovary of the flowers was found on their first day of opening but it occurred in other species when the petals were shedding or the flowers were in the bud stage. R. canina was most suitable for commercial harvesting of rose hips due to its high total ascorbic acid.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: