IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/caa/jnlcjf/v27y2009ispecialissue1id1093-cjfs.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Determination of the Influence of Variety and Level of Maturity on the Content and Development of Carotenoids in Tomatoes

Author

Listed:
  • Z. Kotíková

    (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, 165 21 Prague, *E-mail: lachman@af.czu.cz)

  • A. Hejtmánková

    (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, 165 21 Prague, *E-mail: lachman@af.czu.cz)

  • J. Lachman

Abstract

The influence of variety and the level of maturity on the content and composition of carotenoids in tomatoes were monitored in a field experiment in the year 2007. A total of 11 varieties were submitted to this experiment - Albertovské žluté, Bejbino F1, Cristina F1, Bonset F1, Dominato F1, Monika F1, Orkado F1, Start S F1, Stupické polní rané, Tornádo F1 and Rougella F1. A significant difference in the ability of tomatoes to synthesise carotenoids in relation to variety was found. At the mature phase of fruits an average content of carotenoids was determined as 665 μg/g dry mass. The varieties with high content of carotenoids were Bonset F1, Start S F1 and Cristina F1. On the contrary, the varieties with low ability in carotenoids production are Albertovské žluté, Bejbino F1 and Tornádo F1. The main carotenoids determined at the red-fruit tomatoes were lycopene, β-carotene and lutein. In the yellow-fruited variety - Albertovské žluté, only β-carotene and lutein was found.

Suggested Citation

  • Z. Kotíková & A. Hejtmánková & J. Lachman, 2009. "Determination of the Influence of Variety and Level of Maturity on the Content and Development of Carotenoids in Tomatoes," Czech Journal of Food Sciences, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 27(SpecialIs), pages 200-203.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlcjf:v:27:y:2009:i:specialissue1:id:1093-cjfs
    DOI: 10.17221/1093-CJFS
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://cjfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/1093-CJFS.html
    Download Restriction: free of charge
    File URL: http://cjfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/1093-CJFS.pdf
    Download Restriction: free of charge
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.17221/1093-CJFS?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:caa:jnlcjf:v:27:y:2009:i:specialissue1:id:1093-cjfs. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Ivo Andrle (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.cazv.cz/en/home/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.