Variation in broccoli cultivar phytochemical content under organic and conventional management systems: implications in breeding for nutrition.

Organic agriculture requires cultivars that can adapt to organic crop management systems without the use of synthetic pesticides as well as genotypes with improved nutritional value. The aim of this study encompassing 16 experiments was to compare 23 broccoli cultivars for the content of phytochemic...

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Main Authors: Erica N C Renaud, Edith T Lammerts van Bueren, James R Myers, Maria João Paulo, Fred A van Eeuwijk, Ning Zhu, John A Juvik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25028959/pdf/?tool=EBI