Global: Why a High-Yield Potato Can Lose Value — Darkening After Cooking Grows in Storage
कुञ्जी टेकवेज
- 2 acids decide darkening: chlorogenic versus citric acid
- 2000 and 2001 trials: Russet Burbank darker than Shepody
- 14 elements tested; P, Ca, Cu and Mg linked most to ACD
- 2.5% tuber potassium gives most citric acid, says K+S
किन यो महत्त्वपूर्ण छ
- किसानहरूका लागि
- Before choosing a table variety, test-boil samples in autumn and late winter; watch potassium and soil type, and ask breeders for darkening data after storage.
- प्रोसेसरहरूको लागि
- Fry processors: varieties differ in darkening; sodium acid pyrophosphate only partly helps, so check raw material by variety and storage period.
- व्यापारीहरूको लागि
- Packers and traders: darkening grows in storage; run a boil test on spring lots before selling to retail or catering buyers.
- आपूर्तिकर्ताहरूको लागि
- Breeders and seed suppliers: publish after-cooking darkening scores after storage, not only at harvest.
६०-सेकेन्डको सारांश
Big yields lose value if the cooked potato goes grey or tastes bitter. Grey or black flesh after boiling comes from iron bound to chlorogenic acid, which oxidises once the potato cools; citric acid ties up iron and limits the effect. Canadian trials in 2000 and 2001 found variety mattered more than location, with Russet Burbank always darker than Shepody, and discolouration grew in both over the storage season. British work from 1967 linked worse results to fen soils poor in citric acid. A study of 14 minerals pointed to phosphorus, calcium, copper and magnesium, and a fertiliser company puts peak citric acid at 2.5% tuber potassium. Table potato growers and packers selling in spring are most exposed, and a boil test on stored samples is a cheap way to spot the problem early. The limitation: most studies are old or cover only a few varieties, and potassium claims come from a supplier.
A high-yielding potato variety does not always pay. If boiled tubers turn grey or black on the plate, or taste bitter, buyers pay less or refuse the lot. Growers often see this in spring, when stored potatoes of such varieties sell at a discount. Two quality traits are behind most of these complaints: after-cooking darkening (ACD) and bitterness.
What causes darkening after cooking
ACD is “one of the most widespread, undesirable characteristics of cultivated potato”, according to a review by Gefu Wang-Pruski and Jerzy Nowak in the आलु अनुसन्धान को अमेरिकी जर्नल (2004). The flesh looks normal after boiling, but turns bluish-grey when it cools in the air. The cause is chemical. Iron in the tuber binds to chlorogenic acid, a natural phenol. After cooking, this iron compound oxidises and forms a dark pigment.
Citric acid protects the tuber, because it binds iron first. The review says the severity of darkening depends on the ratio of chlorogenic acid to citric acid: a higher ratio usually gives darker tubers. Both acids are controlled by genes, but they also change with the growing conditions.
हप्ताका दिनहरू। एक क्लिकमा सदस्यता रद्द गर्नुहोस्।
Older field work in the UK showed the same. J. C. Hughes and J. L. Evans (European Potato Journal, 1967) grew several varieties on a black fen soil and a clay soil. Blackening was usually greater on fen soil, mostly because tubers had less citric acid. Year-to-year changes at one site were mainly due to weather.
Variety, field and store
- Variety. In trials in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 2000 and 2001, Russet Burbank always showed more darkening than Shepody. The variety effect was stronger than the location effect, Wang-Pruski and co-authors reported (Acta Horticulturae, 2003).
- Storage. In the same trials, darkening increased during storage in both varieties. This is why a variety can pass in autumn and fail in spring.
- Nutrition. A Nova Scotia study of 14 elements found phosphorus, calcium, copper and magnesium most strongly linked to ACD. Darkening was worst at the stem end. Fertiliser maker K+S says citric acid rises with potassium supply and peaks when tubers contain 2.5% potassium; this is a company claim.
Processors can partly stop ACD in French fries with sodium acid pyrophosphate. Fresh-market buyers cooking at home have no such tool.
Bitterness is a separate problem. It is linked to glycoalkaloids, which rise when tubers are exposed to light; POTATOES NEWS covered this in a separate article on the 200 mg/kg limit.
किन यो महत्त्वपूर्ण छ
Yield is only one part of a variety’s value. For table potatoes, a variety prone to darkening can lose price after months in store. Before choosing a variety, growers can check official variety lists for cooking quality, ask breeders for ACD data after storage, and test boil samples in autumn and again in late winter. Soil type and potassium supply also deserve attention.
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Photo: A boiled potato (illustrative). Daderot / विकिमिडियामा, CC0
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- Wang-Pruski G., Nowak J. Potato after-cooking darkening. American Journal of Potato Research (2004) — https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02853831
- Hughes J.C., Evans J.L. Studies on after-cooking blackening in potatoes IV. European Potato Journal (1967) — https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02364255
- Wang-Pruski G. et al. Genetic and environmental interactions affecting potato ACD. Acta Horticulturae (2003) — https://ishs.org/ishs-article/619_5/
- ScienceDaily: Potato after-cooking darkening may be affected by nutrients (2010) — https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100415171527.htm
- K+S: The ideal potassium fertilizer for potatoes — https://www.kpluss.com/en-us/our-business-products/agriculture/kali-academy/facts-worth-knowing/en-the-ideal-potassium-fertilizer-for-potatoes/
यस सामग्रीमा लिङ्क गरिएको
- देश
- विश्व
- कम्पनीहरु
- के+एस
- टेक्नोलजीज
- sodium acid pyrophosphate; boil test
