9944: Comparison of the Nutritive Quality of Tomato Fruits from Organic and Conventional Production in Poland

Hallmann, Ewelina and Rembiałkowska, Ewa (2007) Comparison of the Nutritive Quality of Tomato Fruits from Organic and Conventional Production in Poland. Poster presented at 3rd QLIF Congress: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems, University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20-23, 2007.

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Organic horticulture is generally accepted as friendly to the environment, good for crop quality and also for the consumer’s health. Recent research data has shown that organic crops under organic farming practices contained more bioactive substances such as flavones, vitamin C, carotenoids; they also contain less pesticides residues, nitrates and nitrites. Five tomato cultivars: four large – fruit (Rumba, Juhas, Kmicic, Gigant) and one cherry cultivar (Koralik) were selected for study. The organic tomato fruits contained more dry matter, total and reducing sugars, vitamin C, total flavones and beta-carotene, but less lycopene in comparison to conventionally grown tomatoes.

Document Language:	English
Keywords:	organic, conventional, tomatoes, flavonoids, vitamin C
Subject Areas:	Food systems > Food security, food quality and human health
Research affiliation:	International Conferences > QLIF Congress 2007 > 2 Food quality/ safety Poland
Total budget (Euro):	0
Orgprints ID Number:	9944
Contact:	Rembialkowska, ass.prof. Ewa
Deposited On:	09 March 2007
EPrint Type:	Conference poster
Published?:	Published
Type of presentation:	Paper
Peer Review Status:	Peer-reviewed and accepted
Additional Publishing Information:	The final version of this paper is published in: Niggli, Urs; Leifert, Carlo; Alföldi, Thomas; Lück, Lorna and Willer, Helga, Eds. (2007) Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems. Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of the European Integrated Project Quality Low Input Food (QLIF). University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20 – 23, 2007. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, CH-Frick. http://orgprints.org/10417/ Printed copies may be ordered from the FiBL Shop at www.shop.fibl.org.
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