THE EFFECT OF FROST ON THE STARCH YIELD FROM KUDZU (PUERARIA-LOBATA) ROOTS OF VARIOUS AGES GROWN IN NORTHERN ALABAMA

Authors
ACHREMOWICZ B TANNER RD PROKOP A GRISSO RD
Citation
B. Achremowicz et al., THE EFFECT OF FROST ON THE STARCH YIELD FROM KUDZU (PUERARIA-LOBATA) ROOTS OF VARIOUS AGES GROWN IN NORTHERN ALABAMA, Bioresource technology, 47(2), 1994, pp. 149-151
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology",Agriculture
Journal title
Bioresource technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09608524
Volume
47
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
149 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-8524(1994)47:2<149:TEOFOT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The aim of this investigation was to determine the best time for harve sting kudzu roots of various ages to maximize the extractible starch. The analyses were made on raw material collected over a three-month pe riod, October-December 1991, which encompassed the first frost of the season. It was established that the highest starch content was found i n the three- to four-year-old roots, collected in December.