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EFFECTS ON THE ALKALOID CONTENT OF POTATOES GROWN FROM SEEDS SUBJECTED TO LOW‐DOSE GAMMA IRRADIATION
Author(s) -
SUTTON WILLIAM R.,
AGARWALA OM PRAKASH,
PIGOTT GEORGE M.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1971.tb06377.x
Subject(s) - irradiation , gamma irradiation , yield (engineering) , chemistry , composition (language) , alkaloid , horticulture , chemical composition , food science , biology , materials science , stereochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , physics , nuclear physics , metallurgy , organic chemistry
SUMMARY— Effects of low dose gamma irradiation of seeds on alkaloid content, proximate composition and yield of the potato tubers were studied. Increase in yield with irradiation of seeds was inconclusive. Changes in proximate composition of Russet potatoes grown from tubers irradiated at 1,500 rads were found to be insignificant. Varietal differences in solanine content were more pronounced than those due to gamma irradiation. In all cases the solanine content in potatoes grown from irradiated seeds was found to be far below the toxic level for human beings.