ISHS Acta Horticulturae 269: Symposium on Tropical Fruit in International Trade
STUDIES ON THE SUGARS DEVELOPMENT OF IRRADIATED POTATOES RECEIVING DIFFERENT NITROGEN LEVELS DURING GROWTH AND STORED AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES |
| Authors: | N. Badshah, Willy M. Iritani, Curt R. Rom, Max E. Patterson |
| Abstract:
Tubers of Russet Burbank potatoes from 0, 181.8 and 363.6 kg/ha nitrogen were irradiated with 0, 0.05, 0.1 and 0.2 kGy of gamma rays (Co60 source) and stored for three months at temperatures of 10 and 15.5°C. Changes in reducing sugars and sucrose contents were significantly influenced by nitrogen and irradiation levels while storage temperatures had no significant effect. Nitrogen and irradiation significantly decreased reducing and non-reducing sugars while temperature had no significant effect. Reducing sugars decreased with increasing levels of nitrogen and irradiation. Tubers from zero fertilizer regime developed 1.5% reducing sugars. Irradiation at 0.2 kGy dosage decreased reducing sugars from 1.7 to 0.9%. The breakdown of non-reducing sugars increased with increasing nitrogen levels but decreased with irradiation. Tubers from the maximum nitrogen plot had a 36% decrease of non-reducing sugars. Irradiation at 0.1 kGy dosage had the least change (4.9% decrease) of non-reducing sugars. | |
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