Jerusalem Artichoke as a Strategic Crop for Solving Food Problems

Jerusalem artichoke is a staple for the raw material base of healthy food, beverages, feed, medicine, and fuel, in addition to being the source of its herbage and tubers. The choice of conditions for cultivating a variety depends on the purpose or direction for the crop and the products obtained fro...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Anatolyevna Manokhina, Alexey Semyonovich Dorokhov, Tamara Petrovna Kobozeva, Tatiana Nikolaevna Fomina, Viktor Ivanovich Starovoitov
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Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
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author Alexandra Anatolyevna Manokhina
Alexey Semyonovich Dorokhov
Tamara Petrovna Kobozeva
Tatiana Nikolaevna Fomina
Viktor Ivanovich Starovoitov
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description Jerusalem artichoke is a staple for the raw material base of healthy food, beverages, feed, medicine, and fuel, in addition to being the source of its herbage and tubers. The choice of conditions for cultivating a variety depends on the purpose or direction for the crop and the products obtained from it. This research involved laboratory and on-farm studies of 16 Jerusalem artichoke varieties of different maturity groups cultivated on sod-podzolic sandy loam soils to determine their suitability for further use in feed production. The list of varieties in question is presented in this work. The gross yield of tubers obtained from varieties with early leaf wilting was 33.1–51.1 t/ha, whereas that from varieties with late leaf wilting was 14.4–43.9 t/ha. The total yield of Jerusalem artichoke raw biomass was 36.8–98.1 t/ha. Moreover, early varieties had a dominant mass of tubers in the total feed value structure (68%), whereas herbage mass (59%) prevailed in the total feed value structure of varieties with late leaf wilting. The highest total solids in tubers (25.0–26.4%) were found in varieties Korenevskiy, Novost VIRa, and Blank Brekos; whereas high inulin content was found in varieties Dieticheskiy, Kaluzhskiy, Korenevskiy, Nakhodka, Novost VIRa, and Blank Brekos. The aggregate feed value amounted to 37.0–103.4 thousand MJ/ha of metabolized energy; this exceeded energy production costs on properly selected varieties by two- to three-fold. The data obtained can be useful for growers in the introduction and evaluation of Jerusalem artichoke varieties to be cultivated for further usage and processing, including fodder purposes.
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spelling doaj.art-0a76fe50b6154a9fb013b87708c561c62023-11-23T18:22:32ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952022-02-0112246510.3390/agronomy12020465Jerusalem Artichoke as a Strategic Crop for Solving Food ProblemsAlexandra Anatolyevna Manokhina0Alexey Semyonovich Dorokhov1Tamara Petrovna Kobozeva2Tatiana Nikolaevna Fomina3Viktor Ivanovich Starovoitov4Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, 127550 Moscow, RussiaMoscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, 127550 Moscow, RussiaMoscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, 127550 Moscow, RussiaMoscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, 127550 Moscow, RussiaRussian Potato Research Center, 140060 Moscow, RussiaJerusalem artichoke is a staple for the raw material base of healthy food, beverages, feed, medicine, and fuel, in addition to being the source of its herbage and tubers. The choice of conditions for cultivating a variety depends on the purpose or direction for the crop and the products obtained from it. This research involved laboratory and on-farm studies of 16 Jerusalem artichoke varieties of different maturity groups cultivated on sod-podzolic sandy loam soils to determine their suitability for further use in feed production. The list of varieties in question is presented in this work. The gross yield of tubers obtained from varieties with early leaf wilting was 33.1–51.1 t/ha, whereas that from varieties with late leaf wilting was 14.4–43.9 t/ha. The total yield of Jerusalem artichoke raw biomass was 36.8–98.1 t/ha. Moreover, early varieties had a dominant mass of tubers in the total feed value structure (68%), whereas herbage mass (59%) prevailed in the total feed value structure of varieties with late leaf wilting. The highest total solids in tubers (25.0–26.4%) were found in varieties Korenevskiy, Novost VIRa, and Blank Brekos; whereas high inulin content was found in varieties Dieticheskiy, Kaluzhskiy, Korenevskiy, Nakhodka, Novost VIRa, and Blank Brekos. The aggregate feed value amounted to 37.0–103.4 thousand MJ/ha of metabolized energy; this exceeded energy production costs on properly selected varieties by two- to three-fold. The data obtained can be useful for growers in the introduction and evaluation of Jerusalem artichoke varieties to be cultivated for further usage and processing, including fodder purposes.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/465Jerusalem artichoketubersherbagequality of tubersfeed value
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Jerusalem Artichoke as a Strategic Crop for Solving Food Problems
Agronomy
Jerusalem artichoke
tubers
herbage
quality of tubers
feed value
title Jerusalem Artichoke as a Strategic Crop for Solving Food Problems
title_full Jerusalem Artichoke as a Strategic Crop for Solving Food Problems
title_fullStr Jerusalem Artichoke as a Strategic Crop for Solving Food Problems
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title_short Jerusalem Artichoke as a Strategic Crop for Solving Food Problems
title_sort jerusalem artichoke as a strategic crop for solving food problems
topic Jerusalem artichoke
tubers
herbage
quality of tubers
feed value
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