Improving canning properties of potatoes

马铃薯是安大略种植的最大的蔬菜作物（15.129公顷，OMAFRA 2011年人口普查），并且在韦尔食品加工有限公司用于罐头的马铃薯被淘汰（即，小土豆）从加工和餐桌股票使用。目前，主要基于比重来选择马铃薯;然而，这不能确保一致的最终产品质量，主要缺陷是脱落（崩解/破裂）（Mark Weil，Weil's Food Processing Ltd.，个人通信）。 因此，在有效选择品种方面存在一定的知识差距。拟议中的研究将筛选各种安大略省种植的品种，韦尔食品加工有限公司使用，以更好地了解比重，淀粉成分和罐头质量之间的关系。

Potatoes are the largest vegetable crop grown in Ontario (15,1 29 hectares, OMAFRA 2011 census) and those used for canning at Weil's Food Processing Ltd. are graded out (i.e., small potatoes) from processing and table stock use. Presently, potatoes are selected primarily on the basis of specific gravity; however, this does not ensure consistent, final end-product quality, the major defect being sloughing (disintegration/cracking) (Mark Weil, Weil's Food Processing Ltd., personal communication). A definite knowledge gap, therefore, exists regarding the effective selection of cultivars. The proposed study will screen various Ontario-grown cultivars used by Weil's Food Processing Ltd. in order to better understand the relationship among specific gravity, starch composition and canning quality.