Claim · model-written summary
Regulska roots had more β-carotene than Perfekcja roots in both systems.
- Taxon
- carrot
Daucus carotae0 - Material
- Regulskae0
- Outcome
- β-carotene contente0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- Perfekcjae0
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Verbatim
e0“the roots of the carrot cultivar Regulska had a higher β-carotene content than the roots of the cultivar Perfekcja grown in both the organic and conventional systems.”
Title
Anna Wrzodak; Justyna Szwejda-Grzybowska; Krystyna Elkner; et al. Journal of Fruit and Ornamental Plant Research 2012. doi:10.2478/v10032-012-0010-5
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Dry matter and total sugar levels did not differ significantly by cultivar, cultivation or storage method.
- Intervention effect Conventional carrots contained significantly more β-carotene than organic carrots before and after storage.
- Intervention effect Conventional carrots had significantly higher nitrate content immediately after harvest, at 349.9 to 554.4 mg·kg -1.
- Association Storage life differed by cultivar, cultivation method and storage period.
- Intervention effect Conventional cultivation yielded a higher percentage of marketable roots after storage than organic cultivation.
- Intervention effect Organic carrots had higher diseased-root and weight losses than conventional carrots.
- Observation Regulska had a higher percentage of marketable roots than Perfekcja.
- Observation Organic Perfekcja carrots had more diseased roots.
- Observation Organic Regulska roots had the highest storage weight losses.