<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A field experiment was carried out in the years 2007-2009 at the Research Development Station of the Department of Horticulture at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences. The experiment involved two botanical varieties of endive: var. <italic>latifolium</italic> (nine cultivars) and var. <italic>crispum</italic> (five cultivars). Endive was cultivated from transplants produced in a greenhouse in two terms, for spring and autumn harvesting. The harvest took place 90-100 days after the seeds were sown. In the course of harvesting, the total and marketable yields were determined, while biological value was assessed on the basis of analyses regarding the content of dry matter, vitamin C, chlorophyll and carotenoids, as well as the amounts of such elements as Mg, P, K, Ca and nitrates.</p></abstract>

A field experiment was carried out in the years 2007-2009 at the Research Development Station of the Department of Horticulture at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences. The experiment involved two botanical varieties of endive: var. latifolium (nine cultivars) and var. crispum (five cultivars). Endive was cultivated from transplants produced in a greenhouse in two terms, for spring and autumn harvesting. The harvest took place 90-100 days after the seeds were sown. In the course of harvesting, the total and marketable yields were determined, while biological value was assessed on the basis of analyses regarding the content of dry matter, vitamin C, chlorophyll and carotenoids, as well as the amounts of such elements as Mg, P, K, Ca and nitrates.

Yield and nutritive value of selected endive cultivars grown for spring and autumn harvest

Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Folia Horticulturae

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<trans-abstract xml:lang="pl" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Doświadczenie polowe przepro-wadzono w latach 2007-2009 w Stacji Badawczo-Dydaktycznej Katedry Ogrodnictwa Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wrocławiu. Do badań wybrano odmiany należące do dwóch odmian botanicznych endywii: var. <italic>latifolium</italic> (9 odmian) i var. <italic>crispum</italic> (5 odmian). Endywia uprawiana była z rozsady wyprodukowanej szklarni w dwóch terminach: wiosennym i jesiennym. Zbiór następował po 90-100 dniach od siewu nasion. W czasie zbiorów określono plon ogólny i handlowy, a wartość biologiczną oceniono na podstawie analiz dotyczących zawartości suchej masy, witaminy C, chlorofilu i karotenoidów oraz makroelementów Mg, P, K i Ca, a także azotanów.</p></trans-abstract>

Doświadczenie polowe przepro-wadzono w latach 2007-2009 w Stacji Badawczo-Dydaktycznej Katedry Ogrodnictwa Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wrocławiu. Do badań wybrano odmiany należące do dwóch odmian botanicznych endywii: var. latifolium (9 odmian) i var. crispum (5 odmian). Endywia uprawiana była z rozsady wyprodukowanej szklarni w dwóch terminach: wiosennym i jesiennym. Zbiór następował po 90-100 dniach od siewu nasion. W czasie zbiorów określono plon ogólny i handlowy, a wartość biologiczną oceniono na podstawie analiz dotyczących zawartości suchej masy, witaminy C, chlorofilu i karotenoidów oraz makroelementów Mg, P, K i Ca, a także azotanów.

A field experiment was carried out in the years 2007-2009 at the Research Development Station of the Department of Horticulture at the Wrocław University of...

Yield and nutritive value of selected endive cultivars grown for spring and autumn harvest

Published Online: Mar 19, 2012

Page range: 111 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10245-011-0017-2

Keywords
biological value, botanical variety, term of planting

© 2011 Cecylia Miłowana Uklańska-Pusz et al., published by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Yield and nutritive value of selected endive cultivars grown for spring and autumn harvest

Published Online: Mar 19, 2012

Page range: 111 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10245-011-0017-2

Keywordsbiological value, botanical variety, term of planting

© 2011 Cecylia Miłowana Uklańska-Pusz et al., published by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
biological value, botanical variety, term of planting