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    Influence of growth conditions on the value of crisphead lettuce (1994)
    Springer
    Plant foods for human nutrition 46 (1994), S. 1-11 
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    ISSN: 1573-9104
    Keywords: Chemical composition ; Cultivar ; Harvest data ; Lactuca sativa L. ; Lettuce ; Nitrate ; Nitrogen ; Plant age ; Tipburn ; Quality ; Vitamin C
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract The marketable and nutritional quality of crisphead lettuce as affected by nitrogen supply, cultivar, and plant age at harvest was investigated in six plantings during 1989 and 1990. The optimum yield of marketable heads was obtained at a total nitrogen supply of 150 kg N per ha although only small differences were observed to the yield at 100 and 200 kg total N per ha. The total nitrogen supply included the amount of mineral nitrogen within the rhizosphere. The incidence of dry tipburn in older leaves was clearly decreased by an increased nitrogen supply, especially at late planting. The content of nitrate was increased and the content of dry matter and vitamin C decreased with increased nitrogen supply. The vitamin C content was higher for the cultivar ‘Marius’ than for ‘Saladin’. As plants got older, the nutritional quality of crisphead lettuce decreased because the content of nutrients, especially vitamin C, decreased with increased plant age at harvest.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01088455
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    Influence on growth conditions on the value of crisphead lettuce (1994)
    Springer
    Plant foods for human nutrition 46 (1994), S. 13-18 
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    ISSN: 1573-9104
    Keywords: Cold storage ; Ice bank cooling ; Lactuca sativa L. ; Lettuce ; Nitrogen supply ; Plant age ; Weight losses
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Storage of crisphead lettuce was carried out at 1°C in an ordinary cold storage room and in an ice bank cooling system. The plants were grown at three plantings at 50, 100, 150 and 200 kg total nitrogen supply per hectare and harvested at two or three different plant ages. The cultivars used were ‘Marius’ and ‘Saladin’. The aim of the experiment was to prolong the storage and to reduce the losses. After 14 days of storage the greatest total weight losses were found at the mid-season planting whereas the least total weight loss was found at the late planting. Ice bank cooling at all plantings reduced the total weight loss in comparison to the cold storage. The effect of nitrogen and cultivar was low. The total weight loss defined as loss due to transpiration and trimming was neither related to the head weight nor the surface area of the heads. A reduced loss with increasing plant age was not a question of increased transpiration due to surface to volume ratio changes, but may be related to other factors. A lower average total weight loss was found in the ice bank cooling system compared to the cold storage. The explanation of this might be the existence of a high relative humidity in the ice bank storage. To reduce the total weight loss harvest must take place at the right plant age. No definite growth stage was defined here, but the plants must have reached marketable quality as the young plants are more susceptible to weight loss during storage. It seems likely that some unknown internal factors in the plant were involved in reduction of the total weight loss.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01088456
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