Evaluation of tuber cooking quality in selected table potato cultivars cultivated under organic and conventional crop management

The aim of this diploma thesis was to evaluate the effects of conventional and organic crop management on cooking quality of potatoes. In one-year potato field trials (year 2010) with different crop management (conventional versus organic), 13 table potato genotypes (Adéla, Bionta, Karin, KE 100/10, Laura, Madona, Magda, Princess, Red Anna, Rosara, Solara, Satina,Terka) were used. The cooking quality (i.e. colour of the flesh, consistency, mealiness, moistness, flavor and darkening) was subjectively assessed using sensory analysis according to VORAL (1996) method. Only structure of boiled potato tubers was significantly affected by different crop management (4.8 % from total variability). Genotypically declared cooking types in used potato genotypes were confirmed in both production systems