The influence of ethephon applied before harvesting on vitamin C, reducing sugars, protein total, and carotenoids content in the fruits of sweet pepper PCR (Capsicum annuum L.)

Autor: Irena Perucka, Maria Bubicz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Acta Agrobotanica, Vol 43, Iss 1-2, Pp 5-9 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2300-357X
DOI: 10.5586/aa.1990.001
Popis: Changes were examined in vitamin C, protein total, reducing sugars, and carotenoids content in fruits of sweet pepper treated with ethephon (2-chloroethylphosphonic acid) before harvesting the fruits. The obtained results show that epplying ethephon caused an increase in vitamin C and carotenoids total content in fruits of pepper harvested 35 days after spraying. With an increase of xantophyll concentration (capsanthin + capsorubin) effected by ethephon, a decrease in ß-carotene occurred, and with an increase in the amount of ß-carotene a decrease in the amount of red carotenoids in pepper fruits was found.
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