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Method for the Reduction of Natural Losses of Potato Tubers During their Long-Term Storage

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  • Tomasz Jakubowski

    (Department of Machinery, University of Agriculture, 30-149 Krakow, Balicka 116B, Poland)

  • Jolanta B. Królczyk

    (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Opole University of Technology, 5 Mikolajczyka Street, 45-271 Opole, Poland)

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to establish whether UV-C radiation applied to potato tubers prior to their storage affected their natural losses over a long period of time. A custom-built UV-C radiation stand constructed for the purpose of this experiment was equipped with a UV-C NBV15 radiator generating a 253.7 nm long wave with power density of 80 to 100 μW∙cm −2 . Three varieties of edible medium late potatoes, Jelly, Syrena, and Fianna, were the objects of the research. The measurement of tightly controlled storage conditions was carried out over three seasons between 2016/2017 and 2018/2019, in a professional agricultural cold store with automated adjustment of interior microclimate parameters. The obtained data were processed using the variance analysis (α = 0.05). There was a statistically significant reduction in transpiration- and respiration-caused losses in the UV-C radiated potato tubers in comparison to those of the control sample. Additionally, the Jelly variety reacted to UV-C radiation demonstrating a reduction in sprout weight.

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  • Tomasz Jakubowski & Jolanta B. Królczyk, 2020. "Method for the Reduction of Natural Losses of Potato Tubers During their Long-Term Storage," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-12, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:3:p:1048-:d:315431
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    1. Paweł Sokołowski & Grzegorz Nawalany, 2020. "Analysis of Energy Exchange with the Ground in a Two-Chamber Vegetable Cold Store, Assuming Different Lengths of Technological Break, with the Use of a Numerical Calculation Method—A Case Study," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-15, September.
    2. Paweł Sokołowski & Grzegorz Nawalany & Tomasz Jakubowski & Ernest Popardowski & Vasyl Lopushniak & Atilgan Atilgan, 2022. "Numerical Analysis of Thermal Impact between the Cooling Facility and the Ground," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(24), pages 1-16, December.
    3. Zygmunt Sobol & Tomasz Jakubowski & Piotr Nawara, 2020. "The Effect of UV-C Stimulation of Potato Tubers and Soaking of Potato Strips in Water on Color and Analyzed Color by CIE L*a*b," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-6, April.
    4. Andrzej Przybylak & Radosław Kozłowski & Ewa Osuch & Andrzej Osuch & Piotr Rybacki & Przemysław Przygodziński, 2020. "Quality Evaluation of Potato Tubers Using Neural Image Analysis Method," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-11, April.
    5. Zygmunt Sobol & Tomasz Jakubowski & Magdalena Surma, 2020. "Effect of Potato Tuber Exposure to UV-C Radiation and Semi-Product Soaking in Water on Acrylamide Content in French Fries Dry Matter," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-10, April.

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    potato; tuber; storage losses; UV-C;
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