Open AccessInvestigation of nitrate accumulation in green pepper
Author(s) -
I. Terbe,
Noémi Kappel,
D. Tompos
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of horticultural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2676-931X
pISSN - 1585-0404
DOI - 10.31421/ijhs/12/1/617
Subject(s) - nitrate , pepper , cultivar , horticulture , chemistry , hazardous waste , agronomy , environmental science , food science , biology , ecology , organic chemistry
Pepper, despite being among the vegetables consumed in largest quantities, does not play an important role as a nitrate source due to the low nitrate accumulation capacity of the cultivars grown in Hungary. Iii the classification of the average nitrate levels or that of the detected hazardous levels it can be sorted into the very 'favorable' class not exceeding 200 and 500 mg/kg respectively. The different elements of the production technology, this way the N supply, do not influence significantly the amount of nitrate accumulated within pepper fruits.