Total sugar content of all the germplasm was noted minimum
at 1/3rd matured stage and attained maximum at fully
matured stage (Table 2). During 1/3rd matured stage, fresh
fruits of Festival exhibited a higher sugar content (4.40%) followed
by Camarosa (4.10%) and their total sugar content were
4.65% and 4.43%, respectively after 3 days of storage. Fresh
fruits of FA 008 produced a lower amount of total sugar content
(3.80%) and it went up to 4.04% after 3 days of storage.
At 2/3rd maturity stage, fresh fruits of Festival had maximum
total sugar content (4.70%) followed by Camarosa (4.40%),
and it was noted minimum in BARI Strawberry-1 (4.00%).
After 3 days of storage, the total sugar content followed
similar trend in the same germplasm i.e. Festival that showed
maximum sugar content (4.99%) followed by Camarosa
(4.78%), while the lowest was in FA 008 (4.10%). Fully
matured fresh strawberries of Festival contained maximum
total sugar content (4.80%) and it was 5.18% after 3 days of
storage, while fresh fruits of FA 008 contained minimum total
sugar (3.96%) which attained 4.12% after 3 days of storage.
Cordenunsi et al. (2005) showed the strawberry cultivar Oso
Grande, as a more stable cultivar in terms of texture up to
30% increase in total sugar during storage, this finding to some
extent supported the present investigation. Watson et al.
(2002) stated that sugar compound of strawberry varied considerably
between the fruits and harvests might be the reason
for apparent discrepancies between the total soluble sugar
contents.