Journal of Food Quality

Research Article

Gradual Application of Potassium Fertilizer Elevated the Sugar Conversion Mechanism and Yield of Waxy and Sweet Fresh-Eaten Maize in the Semiarid Cold Region

Table 4

Grain and taste quality of fresh-eaten maize during 2017.
VarietiesGrain qualityFresh ear cooking taste quality
Soluble sugar (%)Sucrose (%)Starch (%)Residue ratio (%)FlavorColor and lustreSweetnessTendernessPericarp thicknessSensoryTasteQuality average
Waxy
 Bai-99816.03f1.36e53.68a30.41d73abc69de61bc71de68cde70bc70bc69.38bcd
 Hua-312.31h1.14ef48.90b32.22c62d64e50c72cde73abcd64c60de62.88e
 Jin-26218.53cd0.43g54.91a29.82d74ab86a63abc77abcd76abc79a77ab77.38a
 Jing-31819.49b2.28bcd47.71bc29.92d64cd67e65ab80abcd78abc69bc68bcd69.88bcd
 Kennian-713.93g2.89a43.92d34.67b66bcd66e59bc66e68cde65c62cde64.25de
 Jingke-62319.06bc2.41abc42.54d32.32c73abc70cde72ab81abc79abc75ab81a75.63ab
 Jingke-201020.65a1.86d46.77c28.11e79a79abc78a72cde69bcde75ab81a76.38a
 Jingke-201617.88e2.04cd43.78d28.01e65bcd70cde73ab81abc64de72abc69bc69.75bcd
 Jingke-56918.20de2.58ab44.17d30.54d74ab71cde70ab74bcde61e75ab74ab71.25abc
 Jingke-92819.33b1.22e38.58e28.13e77a77bcd73ab82ab80ab76ab82a77.25a
 Yinsenianhua18.15de1.33e39.37e27.95e65bcd65e63abc86a81a64c59e67cde
 Kennian-113.59g0.66fg48.65b36.56a80a82ab67ab75bcde74abcd80a83a77.38a
Sweet
 Jingke-18329.71b6.49a15.20a25.55c71ab78a98a76ab75a76a79a79.00a
 Zheng-6628.61c3.26c12.09c26.70b70ab69b78b69c65ab75ab80a72.29a
 Syngenta-overland37.10a5.66b9.17f22.64e76a84a76b82a57b79a85a77.00a
 Hetian-128.17c5.22b10.19e24.76d76a83a83b76ab76a82a78a79.14a
 Hetiannuo-129.98b1.64d13.58b31.76a64b64b54c70bc60b68b65b63.57b
 Syngenta-mige30.36b3.89c11.07d20.56f76a86a76b81a74a81a74a78.29a
The different lowercase letters in the same column are significantly different at the 5% level.