INSPeCT: Improving Nutrition and Storage of Parsnips and Carrots

检查项目的重点是通过开发新的和创新的收获后储存方法，消除或最大限度地减少田间储存的需要，来改善胡萝卜和防风草的营养质量。目前，该部门未来的可持续性面临风险，原因是作物浪费和生产成本居高不下，再加上需要确保胡萝卜和防风草仍然是消费者负担得起的。减少与田间储存相关的成本和质量损失将大大有助于实现这一点，同时也会带来作物的营养效益。我们的方法将包括营养和美学质量特征的基准以及农艺和加工方法对这些特性的影响。利用这些信息，我们将优化这些步骤，以最大限度地减少生产和加工过程中的降级。除了优化目前的流程，我们还将探索新的和新的技术，以改善收获后的储存。

The INSPeCT project focuses on improving the nutritional quality of carrots and parsnips by developing new and innovative post-harvest storage practices, removing or minimising the need for in-field storage. Presently, the future sustainability of the sector is at risk from high crop wastage and production costs, coupled with a need to ensure carrots and parsnips remain affordable for consumers. Reducing the cost and quality losses associated with in-field storage would significantly contribute to this, whilst also leading to crop nutritional benefits.Our approach will encompass benchmarking of nutritional and aesthetic quality characteristics and how agronomy and processing methods impact on these. Utilising this information, we will optimise these steps to minimise degradation throughout production and processing. Alongside optimising current processes we will also explore new and novel technologies to improve post-harvest storage.