Content and distribution of major and trace elements as a tool to assess the genotypes, harvesting time, and cultivation systems of potato

Aleksandra Dramićanin; Filip Andrić; Jelena Mutić; Vesna Stanković; Nebojša Momirović; Dušanka Milojković-Opsenica

doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129507

Content and distribution of major and trace elements as a tool to assess the genotypes, harvesting time, and cultivation systems of potato

Food Chem. 2021 Aug 30:354:129507. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129507. Epub 2021 Mar 9.

Authors

Aleksandra Dramićanin¹, Filip Andrić², Jelena Mutić³, Vesna Stanković⁴, Nebojša Momirović⁵, Dušanka Milojković-Opsenica⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Analytical Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Molecular Food Sciences, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, P.O. Box 51, Belgrade 11158, Serbia. Electronic address: akosovic@chem.bg.ac.rs.
² Department of Analytical Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Molecular Food Sciences, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, P.O. Box 51, Belgrade 11158, Serbia. Electronic address: andric@chem.bg.ac.rs.
³ Department of Analytical Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Molecular Food Sciences, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, P.O. Box 51, Belgrade 11158, Serbia. Electronic address: jmutic@chem.bg.ac.rs.
⁴ Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Njegoševa 12, Belgrade 11000, Serbia. Electronic address: vukojevic@chem.bg.ac.rs.
⁵ Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, Belgrade-Zemun 11080, Serbia. Electronic address: emomirov@agrf.bg.ac.rs.
⁶ Department of Analytical Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Molecular Food Sciences, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, P.O. Box 51, Belgrade 11158, Serbia. Electronic address: dusankam@chem.bg.ac.rs.

PMID: 33756329
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129507

Abstract

The effects of organic versus integral and conventional crop management on content and distribution of major and trace elements in different varieties of potato were investigated in a three year field trial. A set of 48 potato tubers of four varieties with different harvesting times, cultivated in three types of agricultural systems: conventional (C), integral (I), and organic (O) were characterized based on the composition of the elements of their bulk and peel. A total of 16 elements were quantified. In order to determine the source of variation among the types of production, parts of potato and varieties, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was conducted. The results indicate that Ca, Mg, and K may be considered as important indicators of the type of production, genotypes of potato, and harvesting time. Additionally, the analyses show that ten microelements are able to distinguish between production types and genotypes of potato.

Keywords: Integral and conventional type of production; MANOVA; Major and trace elements; Organic; Potato.

MeSH terms

Agriculture
Analysis of Variance
Genotype
Microwaves
Plant Tubers / chemistry*
Plant Tubers / metabolism
Solanum tuberosum / chemistry*
Solanum tuberosum / genetics
Solanum tuberosum / growth & development
Spectrophotometry, Atomic
Trace Elements / analysis*

Substances

Trace Elements