Tubers of five cul
tivars of po
ta
to were s
tored a
t 4
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ti
ties/deg.gif">C for 2, 3, and 8 mon
ths and baked in a conven
tionaloven. The flavor compounds from
the baked po
ta
to flesh were isola
ted by headspace adsorp
tionon
to Tenax and analyzed by gas chroma
tography-mass spec
trome
try. On a quan
ti
ta
tive basis,compounds derived from lipid and Maillard reac
tion/sugar degrada
tion domina
ted
the flavor isola
tes,wi
th sulfur compounds, me
thoxypyrazines, and
terpenes making smaller con
tribu
tions. Levels of 37of
the &g
t;150 de
tec
ted compounds were moni
tored in each cul
tivar wi
th
time of s
torage. Many significan
tdifferences were found in levels of individual compounds, compound classes, and
to
tal moni
toredcompounds for
the individual effec
ts of cul
tivar and s
torage
time and for
their
two-way in
terac
tion.Differences may be explained by varia
tions in levels of flavor precursors and ac
tivi
ties of enzymesmedia
ting flavor compound forma
tion among cul
tivars and s
torage
times. In addi
tion, differences inagronomic condi
tions may par
tly accoun
t for varia
tions among cul
tivars. Overall, of
the compoundsmoni
tored,
those mos
t likely having
the grea
tes
t flavor impac
t were 2-isopropyl-3-me
thyoxypyrazine,2-isobu
tyl-3-me
thoxypyrazine, dime
thyl
trisulfide, decanal, and 3-me
thylbu
tanal, wi
th me
thylpropanal,2-me
thylbu
tanal, me
thional, and nonanal also being probable impor
tan
t con
tribu
tors
to flavor.Keywords: Po
ta
to; flavor; aroma; baked po
ta
to; cul
tivar; s
torage
time