Antioxidant properties of potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.) as a consequence of genetic potential and growing conditions

PLoS One. 2019 Sep 25;14(9):e0222976. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222976. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

The concentrations of the bioactive compounds in potato tubers are determined by both genetic potential and environmental factors. The purpose of the experiment was to determine the influence of organic and integrated production on the expression of the genetic potential with respect to the antioxidant properties of potato tubers and to evaluate its stability under different environmental conditions. This phenotyping was performed on seven new breeding lines (tetraploid clones) and three modern cultivars: Jelly, Satina and Tajfun. The results indicated that production system and location significantly influenced the antioxidant capacity measured by FRAP method. Organic farming and the location Chwałowice were characterized by higher values. Furthermore, anitioxidative capacity measured by FRAP method was correlated with chlorogenic acid content (r = 0.590**) and glutathione fractions, especially with the reduced form (GSH, r = 0.692**). Multidimensional comparative analysis (MCA) proved a better development of antioxidant properties of potato tubers in the organic cultivation system when compared with the integrated. Especially favorable were growing conditions at Boguchwała (organic) and worst at Młochów (integrated). From all investigated varieties, the best antioxidant properties were found in 'Satina' and 'Jelly'. Clones TG-97-403 and 13-VIII-45 developed the weakest health promoting traits.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / analysis*
  • Antioxidants / metabolism
  • Chlorogenic Acid / analysis
  • Genotype
  • Glutathione / analysis
  • Glutathione / metabolism
  • Metabolomics
  • Organic Agriculture*
  • Phenols / analysis
  • Phenols / metabolism
  • Phenotype
  • Plant Breeding*
  • Plant Tubers / chemistry*
  • Plant Tubers / metabolism
  • Poland
  • Solanum tuberosum / chemistry*
  • Solanum tuberosum / genetics
  • Solanum tuberosum / metabolism
  • Tetraploidy

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Phenols
  • Chlorogenic Acid
  • Glutathione

Grants and funding

This work was financed by the resources of National Science Centre Poland (Narodowe Centrum Nauki PL) granted based on a decision number DEC-2013/11/B/NZ9/00778 entitled ‘Influence of genotype and environment on bioactive compounds and antioxidative potential in potato tubers’. Publication was supported by BOKU Vienna Open Access Publishing Fund.