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dc.publisherNorth Dakota State University
dc.rightsNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.titleRespiration and Weight Losses of Potatoes During Storageen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.sourceNorth Dakota Farm Research: Vol. 30, No. 03, pp. 33-40en_US
dc.descriptionThe topic is weight losses of potatoes during their storage. Potatoes lose weight in the process of respiration, converting sugar and starches to carbon dioxide and water and losing moisture because of vapor pressure differences between the tubers and the surrounding air. This article examines the total weight loss and the part of it due to respiration as affected by variety, temperature and humidity during storage. Results indicated that respiration accounted for about one-tenth to one-half of the total weight loss, except when potatoes were stored in 100 % relative humidity. Under this condition, there was an actual net gain, apparently from the tubers absorbing moisture from the surrounding atmosphere. By the reduction the temperature, the respiration rate was reduced and consequently less energy from the potatoes was used and less moisture produced from the metabolic reactions.
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-23T16:51:14Z
dc.date.available2010-06-23T16:51:14Z
dc.date.issued1973
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10365/9798
dc.subject.lcshPotatoesen_US
dc.subject.lcshStorageen_US
dc.subject.lcshCrop qualityen_US
dc.creator.authorButchbaker, A. F.
dc.creator.authorPromersberger, W. J.
dc.creator.authorNelson, D. C.
dc.relation.ispartofFarm Research; 30:3; Jan/Feb 1973


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