Open AccessApple allergens as affected by cultivation technolog and variental factors
Author(s) -
Krisztina Takács,
J. Szamos,
Erzsébet Szabó,
Zoltán Szabó,
J. Nyéki,
É. Gelencsér
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of horticultural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2676-931X
pISSN - 1585-0404
DOI - 10.31421/ijhs/16/3/903
Subject(s) - allergen , agriculture , biology , allergy , ecology , immunology
Our objective was to study the effect of organic farming and area of cultivation on the allergen content of apple varieties by quantification of the major allergens (Mal d 1 and Mal d 2) using allergen-specific ELISA. The obtained results showed that except Idared IX. 29. most of examined varieties, when cultivated under organic farming conditions, contained lower level of Mal d1 allergen than those produced with integrated farming. The different varieties were found to vary substantially in theirMal d 1 allergen content. Furthermore, with some varieties the area of cultivation affected to some extent the content of Mal d 1 allergen.