Abstract
Effect of Maturity Stage and Short-Term Storage on the Biological Quality of Sweet Pepper Fruits Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique. The three year experiment was carried out in 2006-2008. Fruits were harvested every year in three maturity stages: green, turning and red. The contents of ascorbic acid, phenols, soluble sugars, nitrate and ammonium ions, total nitrogen, free amino acids and dry matter were determined in freshly harvested fruits as well as after short-term (two weeks) storage. Red pepper fruits accumulated significantly more ascorbic acid, soluble sugars and phenols in comparison with the green and turning ones. The level of nitrate ions was highest in the green fruits and decreased during their ripening while the ammonium ion concentration increased. The lowest content of amino acids was observed in green fruits. Two week storage at 5-8°C, followed by two days at room temperature caused the reduction of nitrate ions in green and red fruits. Ammonium ion content as well as phenol and soluble sugar level increased in stored fruits, irrespectively of their maturity stage. Ascorbic acid content increased in the stored turning and red pepper fruits as related to its initial concentration. Dry matter content did not change after storage. Biological quality of harvested pepper fruits depended of their maturity stage, however, their response to short-term storage was similar.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Red sweet pepper fruits accumulated significantly more ascorbic acid, soluble sugars and phenols than green and turning fruits.
- Taxon
- Sweet pepper
Capsicum annuume0 - Material
- Spartacus cultivare0
- Organ / stage
- Red pepper fruitse1
- Outcome
- ascorbic acid, soluble sugars and phenolse1
- Direction
- moree1
- Comparator
- green and turning onese1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique”
e1“Red pepper fruits accumulated significantly more ascorbic acid, soluble sugars and phenols in comparison with the green and turning ones”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrate ion level was highest in green sweet pepper fruits.
- Taxon
- Sweet pepperCapsicum annuume0
- Organ / stage
- green fruitse2
- Compound
- nitrate ionse2
- Outcome
- level of nitrate ionse2
- Direction
- higheste2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique”
e2“The level of nitrate ions was highest in the green fruits and decreased during their ripening while the ammonium ion concentration increased”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrate ion level decreased during ripening of sweet pepper fruits.
- Taxon
- Sweet pepperCapsicum annuume0
- Compound
- nitrate ionse2
- Outcome
- level of nitrate ionse2
- Direction
- decreasede2
- Qualifier
- during their ripeninge2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique”
e2“The level of nitrate ions was highest in the green fruits and decreased during their ripening while the ammonium ion concentration increased”
Claim · model-written summary
Ammonium ion concentration increased during ripening of sweet pepper fruits.
- Taxon
- Sweet pepperCapsicum annuume0
- Compound
- ammonium ione2
- Outcome
- ammonium ion concentratione2
- Direction
- increasede2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique”
e2“The level of nitrate ions was highest in the green fruits and decreased during their ripening while the ammonium ion concentration increased”
Claim · model-written summary
Green sweet pepper fruits had the lowest content of amino acids.
- Taxon
- Sweet pepperCapsicum annuume0
- Organ / stage
- green fruitse3
- Outcome
- content of amino acidse3
- Direction
- loweste3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique”
e3“The lowest content of amino acids was observed in green fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Two-week storage at 5-8°C reduced nitrate ions in green and red sweet pepper fruits compared with freshly harvested fruits.
- Taxon
- Sweet pepperCapsicum annuume0
- Organ / stage
- green and red fruitse4
- Treatment
- Two week storage at 5-8°Ce4
- Outcome
- nitrate ionse4
- Direction
- reductione4
- Comparator
- freshly harvested fruitse5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique”
e4“Two week storage at 5-8°C, followed by two days at room temperature caused the reduction of nitrate ions in green and red fruits”
e5“The contents of ascorbic acid, phenols, soluble sugars, nitrate and ammonium ions, total nitrogen, free amino acids and dry matter were determined in freshly harvested fruits as well as after short-term (two weeks) storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Ammonium ion content, phenol and soluble sugar level increased in stored sweet pepper fruits regardless of maturity stage.
- Taxon
- Sweet pepperCapsicum annuume0
- Treatment
- stored fruitse5
- Outcome
- Ammonium ion content as well as phenol and soluble sugar levele5
- Direction
- increasede5
- Comparator
- freshly harvested fruitse6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique”
e5“Ammonium ion content as well as phenol and soluble sugar level increased in stored fruits, irrespectively of their maturity stage”
e6“The contents of ascorbic acid, phenols, soluble sugars, nitrate and ammonium ions, total nitrogen, free amino acids and dry matter were determined in freshly harvested fruits as well as after short-term (two weeks) storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Ascorbic acid content increased in stored turning and red sweet pepper fruits relative to its initial concentration.
- Taxon
- Sweet pepperCapsicum annuume0
- Organ / stage
- turning and red pepper fruitse6
- Treatment
- short-term (two weeks) storagee7
- Outcome
- Ascorbic acid contente6
- Direction
- increasede6
- Comparator
- its initial concentratione6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique”
e6“Ascorbic acid content increased in the stored turning and red pepper fruits as related to its initial concentration”
e7“The contents of ascorbic acid, phenols, soluble sugars, nitrate and ammonium ions, total nitrogen, free amino acids and dry matter were determined in freshly harvested fruits as well as after short-term (two weeks) storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Dry matter content of sweet pepper fruits did not change after short-term storage.
- Taxon
- Sweet pepperCapsicum annuume0
- Treatment
- short-term (two weeks) storagee5
- Outcome
- Dry matter contente7
- Direction
- did not changee7
- Comparator
- freshly harvested fruitse5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique”
e7“Dry matter content did not change after storage”
e5“The contents of ascorbic acid, phenols, soluble sugars, nitrate and ammonium ions, total nitrogen, free amino acids and dry matter were determined in freshly harvested fruits as well as after short-term (two weeks) storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Biological quality of harvested sweet pepper fruits depended on their maturity stage.
- Taxon
- Sweet pepperCapsicum annuume0
- Outcome
- Biological quality of harvested pepper fruitse1
- Qualifier
- depended of their maturity stagee1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique”
e1“Biological quality of harvested pepper fruits depended of their maturity stage, however, their response to short-term storage was similar”
Claim · model-written summary
The response of sweet pepper fruits to short-term storage was similar across maturity stages.
- Taxon
- Sweet pepperCapsicum annuume0
- Outcome
- response to short-term storagee1
- Qualifier
- was similare1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet pepper plants of Spartacus cultivar were grown in plastic tunnel on rockwool using the fertigation technique”
e1“Biological quality of harvested pepper fruits depended of their maturity stage, however, their response to short-term storage was similar”
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