Oat root (Tragopogon porrifolius) as a source of inulin-containing raw materials
Promising for use in the production of healthy food is inulin-containing raw materials. Inulin is the most important water-soluble carbohydrate in the plant, a natural prebiotic. For its production is very relevant research aimed at technology of cultivation of inulin-containing crops and of particular interest is the most complete development of regional plant resources with its own seed. Such resources include salsify. Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) in its roots contains more than 5% of raw matter inulin. In this regard, the purpose of our research was to select the most environmentally plastic salsify variety samples. The study of collection samples of salsify was carried out in accordance with the Methodology of All-Russian Institute of plant named after N. I. Vavilov (1968). The samples were evaluated according to the most important biomorphological and economic-useful features in comparison with the standard. The research was carried out on the experimental field of Federal State-Funded Educational Institution of Higher Education “Northern Trans -Ural State Agricultural University”. In the Northern Trans-Ural area there were studied 8 varieties of salsify from the collection of the All-Russian Institute of plant named after N. I. Vavilov. Studies have shown that the most environmentally plastic variety samples are K. 4 - Mommont a’tres grosse racine (France), K. 8 - Mommont sandwich Island salsifis (Canada), K. 11 - Wild (Mountain-Altai region), K. 14 - Wild (Kemerovo region), giving the yield of root crops from 112 to 144 C/ha. In the Northern Urals, you can get the seeds of this culture of its own production.