Journal
ACTA ALIMENTARIA
Volume 49, Issue 2, Pages 225-234Publisher
AKADEMIAI KIADO ZRT
DOI: 10.1556/066.2020.49.2.12
Keywords
carotenoids; tocopherols; vitamin C; tomato; HPLC; abiotic factors
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- higher Education Institutional Excellence Program - Ministry of Human Capacities [1783-3/2018TEKUTSRAT]
- [ETOP3.6. VEKOP-16-2017-00008]
- [LTOP-3.6.1-16-201600016]
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Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicon L.) are one of the most important and most widely consumed vegetables in the world. The fruit contains considerable amount of different phytonutrients such as carotenoids, tocopherols, and vitamin C. In the present work, effects of some abiotic factors on the concentration of phytonutrients were investigated in tomato cultivated in two different types of soil. It was found that the type of soil had slight effect on the most important vital nutrients, while the ecological factors, particularly precipitation and average temperature 3 weeks before harvest, were of significant influence on such nutrients. It was found that low temperature and high precipitation before harvest caused the levels of carotenoids, tocopherol, and vitamin C to significantly increase by 65%, 46%, and 28%, respectively.
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