Color Retention in Red Chile Powder as Related to Delayed Harvest |
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| Authors: | EDITH ISIDORO DONALD J COTTER GEORGE CJ FERNANDEZ G MORRIS SOUTHWARD |
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| Affiliation: | Author lsidoro is a former graduate student, Dept. of Horticulture, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM 88003;present address: 3900 Sheckler Road, Fallon, NV 89406.;Author Cotter is professor emeritus, Dept, of Agronomy and Horticulture, New Mexico State Univ.;Author Fernandez is an assistant professor in Plant breeding/Biometrics, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557.;Author Southward is professor, Dept. of Experimental Statistics, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces. |
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| Abstract: | Color retention in Chile powder was studied using two mildly pungent long red Chile (Capsicum annuum L.) cultivars, ‘New Mexico 6–4’ and ‘NuMex R Naky’. Pods of different maturities were harvested immediately after the first severe fall freeze and again 4 and 8 wk after the freeze. After each harvest pods were dried, ground, and immediately analyzed for color. Powder was stored at 2°C and re-analyzed for color at 4 wk intervals. Color loss in whole pods from the field and the stored powder showed linear and quadratic trends. Initially, delaying harvest resulted in color loss in red Chile but color in powder from later harvests was more stable and was retained better after 8 wk storage than powder from the first harvest after the same length of time. |
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| Keywords: | red Chile delayed harvest red color pod maturities |
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