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Article

Plant Cover Stimulates Quicker Dry Matter Accumulation in “Early” Potato Cultivars without Affecting Nutritional or Sensory Quality

by
Nikola Major
1,*,
Smiljana Goreta Ban
1,*,
Josipa Perković
1,
Dragan Žnidarčič
2,
Anita Silvana Ilak Peršurić
3,
Milan Oplanić
3,
Gvozden Dumičić
4,
Branimir Urlić
4 and
Dean Ban
1
1
Department of Agriculture and Nutrition, Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, 52440 Poreč, Croatia
2
Biotechnical Centre Naklo, 4202 Naklo, Slovenia
3
Department of Economics and Agricultural Development, Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, 52440 Poreč, Croatia
4
Department of Plant Sciences, Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, 21000 Split, Croatia
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Horticulturae 2022, 8(5), 364; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8050364
Submission received: 17 March 2022 / Revised: 15 April 2022 / Accepted: 19 April 2022 / Published: 21 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Preharvest and Postharvest Factors Improving Horticultural Crops Quality and Shelf-Life)
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Abstract

“Early” potato crops are grown in the Mediterranean basin and are marketed from March to June, well before main-crop potato in the spring–summer growth period. Different growing technologies have been implemented to enhance potato “earliness” to achieve a better market price, but at the same time, the applied technologies may influence yield and quality of the ‘early potato’. The main goal of this study was to investigate differences in “early” potato nutritional and sensory characteristics after oil-frying influenced by location and plant covering in five potato cultivars. The present investigation was carried out at two planting locations during two seasons. The application of a plant cover significantly increased the potato tubers’ dry matter, starch, and sugar content in the second season. Sensory analysis of the oil-fried “early” potatoes revealed no differences between potatoes grown with or without the plant cover. We also observed significantly higher dry matter content in potatoes grown at the Split location in the second year, while no differences in the sensory scores between oil-fried potatoes grown at the investigated locations were observed. By employing a plant cover or by choosing a warmer planting location the desired potato maturity level could be reached in less time, and one could more effectively exploit the “early” potato market. By employing such techniques there should be no loss in yield, nutritional or sensory quality of potato tubers.
Keywords: potato; location; plant cover; mineral content; dry matter; Solanum tuberosum L. potato; location; plant cover; mineral content; dry matter; Solanum tuberosum L.

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Major, N.; Goreta Ban, S.; Perković, J.; Žnidarčič, D.; Peršurić, A.S.I.; Oplanić, M.; Dumičić, G.; Urlić, B.; Ban, D. Plant Cover Stimulates Quicker Dry Matter Accumulation in “Early” Potato Cultivars without Affecting Nutritional or Sensory Quality. Horticulturae 2022, 8, 364. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8050364

AMA Style

Major N, Goreta Ban S, Perković J, Žnidarčič D, Peršurić ASI, Oplanić M, Dumičić G, Urlić B, Ban D. Plant Cover Stimulates Quicker Dry Matter Accumulation in “Early” Potato Cultivars without Affecting Nutritional or Sensory Quality. Horticulturae. 2022; 8(5):364. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8050364

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Major, Nikola, Smiljana Goreta Ban, Josipa Perković, Dragan Žnidarčič, Anita Silvana Ilak Peršurić, Milan Oplanić, Gvozden Dumičić, Branimir Urlić, and Dean Ban. 2022. "Plant Cover Stimulates Quicker Dry Matter Accumulation in “Early” Potato Cultivars without Affecting Nutritional or Sensory Quality" Horticulturae 8, no. 5: 364. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8050364

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Major, N., Goreta Ban, S., Perković, J., Žnidarčič, D., Peršurić, A. S. I., Oplanić, M., Dumičić, G., Urlić, B., & Ban, D. (2022). Plant Cover Stimulates Quicker Dry Matter Accumulation in “Early” Potato Cultivars without Affecting Nutritional or Sensory Quality. Horticulturae, 8(5), 364. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8050364

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