This diploma work consists of the study of chosen species of vegetables of an Asian origin. The focus is put on the technology of growing these vegetables and also on their nutritive qualities. Three species of pigweed (Amaranthus sp L.), two species of asparagus lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. var. angustana L. H. Bailey), indian lettuce (Lactuca indica L.), common purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.), jewels of opar (Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.) a sweet corn (Zea mays L.) were included in the experiment. The evaluation of growth and profit parameters was made and furthermore, the evaluation of important content elements such as the Vitamin C, antioxidation capacity, the content of minerals et cetera. The experiment was carried out in the area of Faculty of Horticulture in Lednice in 2014. Based on the results of the experiment the differences between the growth demands of each vegetable species were recognized, as well as the differences of the content elements of each species. As all species were successfully cultivated, we can claim that these types of vegetables are capable of acclimatizing to the conditions of the Czech Republic. Regarding their content they are diverse species with a wide utilization. pigweed, asparagus lettuce and common purslane in particular, have proved to be perspective species of vegetables with an easy growing method and wide nutritive values.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:249902 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Sodomková, Martina |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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