A STUDY OF FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING IONIZING RADIATION TO INCREASE THE STORAGE LIFE OF POTATOES. Progress Report No. 8 (for) January 1, 1958-February 28, 1958

Technical Report · Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:4278863

Ellis, N K

Potatoes harvested in the faII of 1956 and irradiated at levels from 0.0 to 15.0 kilo-reps were stored at 41 deg F. Nonirradiated check tubers of all varieties sprouted and underwent some shriveling. Irradiated tubers of the varieties Sebago, Red Pontiac, and Katahdin, with no sprouts, also shriveled to various degrees, whereas identically treated Russet Burbanks are still quite turgid. Loss of moistre from the potatoes stored at 41 deg F was determined by periodic weighings. Data on the accumulative percentages of weight lost 380 days after the potatoes were first weighed into the experiment are tabulated. Results from limited cooking tests are included. (C.H.)

• Research Organization: Indiana. Agricultural Experiment Station, Lafayette
• DOE Contract Number: DA-19-129-QM-789
• NSA Number: NSA-13-005219
• OSTI ID: 4278863
• Report Number(s): AD-201834
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Project No. 7-84-01-002. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
IRRADIATION
LOSSES
POTATOES
PRESERVATION
RADIATION DOSES
STORAGE
TEMPERATURE
TESTING
WEIGHT