Selected Indicators Of The Root Quality Of Fifteen Cultivars Of Red Beet (Beta Vulgaris L.)

Evaluation of the quality of 15 cultivars of red beet has been made during four successive vegetative seasons. The study involved cultivars ‘Astar F1’, ‘Boro F1’, ‘Ceryl’, ‘Chrobry’, ‘Czerwona Kula’, ‘Egipski’, ‘Karmazyn’, ‘Nabab F1’, ‘Nochowski’, ‘Opolski’, ‘Pablo F1’, ‘Patryk’, ‘Regulski Cylinder’...

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Main Authors: Nizioł-Łukaszewska Zofia, Gawęda Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-06-01
Series:Journal of Horticultural Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2015-0009
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spelling doaj-eac2eb2d661d492083a1ebf2970ed9492021-09-06T19:41:42ZengSciendoJournal of Horticultural Research2300-50092015-06-01231657410.2478/johr-2015-0009johr-2015-0009Selected Indicators Of The Root Quality Of Fifteen Cultivars Of Red Beet (Beta Vulgaris L.)Nizioł-Łukaszewska Zofia0Gawęda Maria1Department of Cosmetology, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow Kielnarowa 386a, 36-020 Tyczyn, Rzeszów, PolandDepartment of Vegetable and Medicinal Plants, University of Agriculture in Cracow al. 29 Listopada 54, 31-425 Kraków, PolandEvaluation of the quality of 15 cultivars of red beet has been made during four successive vegetative seasons. The study involved cultivars ‘Astar F1’, ‘Boro F1’, ‘Ceryl’, ‘Chrobry’, ‘Czerwona Kula’, ‘Egipski’, ‘Karmazyn’, ‘Nabab F1’, ‘Nochowski’, ‘Opolski’, ‘Pablo F1’, ‘Patryk’, ‘Regulski Cylinder’, ‘Okrągły Regulski’ and ‘Rywal’. The mass, diameter of roots, antioxidant activity, the content of dry mass, soluble sugars, betanin and vulgaxanthin in roots were evaluated. The study indicated ‘Chrobry’ as the cultivar of the most favorable quality features. It was characterized by high antioxidant activity, high content of dry mass, soluble sugars and betalain pigments. Among cultivars of cylindrical shaped roots, content of soluble sugars and antiradical activity was the highest in ‘Regulski Cylinder’ roots.https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2015-0009red beetcultivarsantioxidant activitybetalain pigmentssoluble sugars
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author Nizioł-Łukaszewska Zofia
Gawęda Maria
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Gawęda Maria
Selected Indicators Of The Root Quality Of Fifteen Cultivars Of Red Beet (Beta Vulgaris L.)
Journal of Horticultural Research
red beet
cultivars
antioxidant activity
betalain pigments
soluble sugars
author_facet Nizioł-Łukaszewska Zofia
Gawęda Maria
author_sort Nizioł-Łukaszewska Zofia
title Selected Indicators Of The Root Quality Of Fifteen Cultivars Of Red Beet (Beta Vulgaris L.)
title_short Selected Indicators Of The Root Quality Of Fifteen Cultivars Of Red Beet (Beta Vulgaris L.)
title_full Selected Indicators Of The Root Quality Of Fifteen Cultivars Of Red Beet (Beta Vulgaris L.)
title_fullStr Selected Indicators Of The Root Quality Of Fifteen Cultivars Of Red Beet (Beta Vulgaris L.)
title_full_unstemmed Selected Indicators Of The Root Quality Of Fifteen Cultivars Of Red Beet (Beta Vulgaris L.)
title_sort selected indicators of the root quality of fifteen cultivars of red beet (beta vulgaris l.)
publisher Sciendo
series Journal of Horticultural Research
issn 2300-5009
publishDate 2015-06-01
description Evaluation of the quality of 15 cultivars of red beet has been made during four successive vegetative seasons. The study involved cultivars ‘Astar F1’, ‘Boro F1’, ‘Ceryl’, ‘Chrobry’, ‘Czerwona Kula’, ‘Egipski’, ‘Karmazyn’, ‘Nabab F1’, ‘Nochowski’, ‘Opolski’, ‘Pablo F1’, ‘Patryk’, ‘Regulski Cylinder’, ‘Okrągły Regulski’ and ‘Rywal’. The mass, diameter of roots, antioxidant activity, the content of dry mass, soluble sugars, betanin and vulgaxanthin in roots were evaluated. The study indicated ‘Chrobry’ as the cultivar of the most favorable quality features. It was characterized by high antioxidant activity, high content of dry mass, soluble sugars and betalain pigments. Among cultivars of cylindrical shaped roots, content of soluble sugars and antiradical activity was the highest in ‘Regulski Cylinder’ roots.
topic red beet
cultivars
antioxidant activity
betalain pigments
soluble sugars
url https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2015-0009
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