Concentrations of carbohydrates in parsnip roots during field growth (at 8 and 4 weeks before harvest,and at harvest) and after 24 weeks in cold storage (1°C). Panel A, concentrations of starch and total sugar (in mg g–1 DW). Panel B, concentrations of malto-oligosaccharides (MOS), glucose + fructose, and sucrose (in mg g–1 DW). Different lower-case letters on a column for each carbohydrate in each Panel indicate significant differences at P ≤ 0.05 by the Student-Newman-Keuls test