QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF CARBOHYDRATE RESERVES DURING THE BIOLOGICAL CYCLE OF JERUSALEM-ARTICHOKE (HELIANTHUS-TUBEROSUS L) TUBERS

Authors
BENCHEKROUN M AMZILE J ELYACHIOUI M ELHALOUI NE PREVOST J
Citation
M. Benchekroun et al., QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF CARBOHYDRATE RESERVES DURING THE BIOLOGICAL CYCLE OF JERUSALEM-ARTICHOKE (HELIANTHUS-TUBEROSUS L) TUBERS, New Zealand journal of crop and horticultural science, 22(1), 1994, pp. 31-37
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
New Zealand journal of crop and horticultural science → ACNP
ISSN journal
01140671
Volume
22
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
31 - 37
Database
ISI
SICI code
0114-0671(1994)22:1<31:QAQDOC>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A dry matter (DM) assay along with a qualitative and quantitative carb ohydrate study were conducted on two Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus t uberosus L.) cultivars-'Kharkov' and 'Violet de Rennes'. In addition t o sucrose, glucose, and fructose, some inulin-type glucofructosans wer e detected at all stages of development of the tubers. The carbohydrat e content was found to average from 65 to 80% DM. The tubers lose a fr action of their carbohydrates in winter-27.6% for 'Kharkov' and 35.6% for 'Violet de Rennes'.