Accession Number:

AD0296586

Title:

STUDY ON COMMERCIAL LIKE STORAGE OF IRRADIATED POTATOES

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ROGERS BROTHERS SEED CO IDAHO FALLS ID

Personal Author(s):

• WILLARD, MILES

Report Date:

1960-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

The experimental observations made during the storage period indicate that the irradiated potatoes were more resistant to wet rot and sprouting than the non-irradiated potatoes. They appeared however to have far less resistance to discoloration. In other respects no significant differences were observed.

Descriptors:

• *POTATOES
• STORAGE
• PRESERVATION
• FOOD
• TASTE
• RADIATION EFFECTS
• DEHYDRATED FOODS
• COLORS
• CARBOHYDRATES

Subject Categories:

• Food, Food Service and Nutrition

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE