[Determination of the quality of injuries of potato tubers due to damage and rot].
A new method is presented for determining damage to potato tuber tissue. It is based on the fact that starch can be leached with water from the damaged tissue. The starch content of the washing water informs about the extent of tissue damage. Damage assessments of the same samples yielded correlation coefficients ranging from r = 0.8 to r = 0.9 between the determinations and the assessments. The method considers both the mechanical tissue damage and the rot.
D005511:Food Handling; D008722:Methods; D014675:Vegetables
Zur Bestimmung der beschädigungs- und fäulebedingten Qualitätsminderung von Kartoffelknollen.