Date of Award

5-1931

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

Herbert Heinrich

Second Advisor

William J. Grace

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to determine the effect which different factors would have on the respiration and the sugar content of potatoes. It is known that the sugar content of a potato may be increased with the lowering of the temperature. It is also known that with this lowering of temperature the respiration is also lowered. What other factors will effect the respiration and the sugar content of the potato and to what extent is the question to be answered.

Although this problem may seem of little importance because sugar .1e not wanted in a potato, yet the thing that increases the sweetness of the potato may also increase the sweetness of a fruit, in which sweetness adds to its value. In an industry which uses the potato to make alcohol, a short, economical, and practical method to increase the sugar content of the potato is sought. A good, easy, and safe method to reduce the sugar content of a potato would perhaps save many dollars in restoring frost-bitten potatoes back to normal conditions. This would mean that all the potatoes that now are left to rot could be treated and sold at the market price.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Liberal Arts College, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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