Prospects for the use of Caragana fruits (Caragana arborescens and C. frutex) as alternative raw materials for the food industry

Tatiana Nozdrina,Nikolay Kuvshinchikov,Ekaterina Solomonova,Nikolay Trusov

doi:10.1051/bioconf/20213800123

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Abstract

Currently, there is an increase in the world’s population against the background of a reduction in land suitable for growing traditional agricultural crops. This is especially true for Asian countries. Due to a number of factors, the areas of fertile land are decreasing, and the areas of saline land are increasing; arid areas of the planet are expanding. In this regard, it is important to introduce plants into the culture that can grow on poor, arid, saline soils. The purpose of the research is to study vegetable raw materials from fruits Caragana arborescens and C. frutex, undergoing introduction tests in the arboretum of the Tsytsin Main Botanical Garden of Russian Academy of Sciences, to find out the possibilities and advantages of their use in the food industry in a comparative aspect. A comparative assessment of the size and weight characteristics of the fruits and seeds of C. arborescens and C. frutex studied by us indicates the possibilities of their industrial food use in the future, along with a good introduction, and, probably, plantation potential of these plants.

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There is an increase in the world’s population against the background of a reduction in land suitable for growing traditional agricultural crops
Since the beginning of the last century, caragana tree – C. arborescens Lam. and caragana shrub – C. frutex (L.) K.Koch have been actively used in garden and park construction in Russia and abroad
The aim of the study is a comparative assessment of the potential of food use of C. arborescens and C. frutex fruits growing in the Moscow region

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There is an increase in the world’s population against the background of a reduction in land suitable for growing traditional agricultural crops. Since the beginning of the last century, caragana tree – C. arborescens Lam. and caragana shrub – C. frutex (L.) K.Koch have been actively used in garden and park construction in Russia and abroad Their mature fruits have become the objects of our research, because plants that have long been used in gardening have proven themselves well, thanks to their unpretentiousness, fast growth rate, and early (from 2-5 years) abundant annual flowering and fruiting [4, 5]. It is believed that C. arborescens can become one of the new plantation crops in areas with a continental climate [13] This is primarily due to the possibility of growing it on poor, even highly alkaline soils, as well as its rapid growth, drought and frost resistance [14,15,16,17]

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