Nutritional Traits of Two Romanian Celery Varieties. Note 2: Hydroponic Culture

  • Antonia ODAGIU
  • Teodor RUSU University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
  • Csaba Pál RACZ Babeș-Bolyai University
  • Camelia OROIAN University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
  • Claudia BALINT University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
  • Cristian MALINAS University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
  • Petru BURDUHOS University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
  • Cristian IEDERAN University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
Keywords: Box-Plot diagram, crude chemical composition, nutritional value, water content

Abstract

Currently, cultivated celery varieties are nutritionally valuable foods. The purpose of the research is to determine the gross chemical composition (protein, fat, cellulose, ash, non-nitrogenous extractive substances) of celery roots belonging to two native varieties Dacia and Victoria, grown in a nonconventional hydroponic system. The experiments were carried out in the greenhouse of USAMV ClujNapoca, in a hydroponic culture system. The biological  material consisted of two native varieties of celery, Victoria and Dacia, which came from SCDL Buzău. The average weight of the hydroponically cultivated Dacia variety is equal to 341 g, and that of the Victoria variety is equal to 242 g. The variety was determined to have a dry substance content equal to 20.41%, which corresponds to a water content of 79, 59% and in the Victoria variety a content in dry matter equal to 21.22%, which corresponds to a water content of 78.78%. In both varieties, regarding the nutritional content, it is found that the largest proportion is occupied by non-nitrogenous extractive substances (10.70%) and by the content in raw ash (6.20%).

 

Published
2023-06-01