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Variation in broccoli cultivar phytochemical content under organic and conventional management systems: implications in breeding for nutrition.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Renaud Erica N C, Lammerts van Bueren Edith T, Myers James R, Paulo Maria João, van Eeuwijk Fred A, Zhu Ning, Juvik John A
Abstract excerpt
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 phytochemicals associated with health promotion grown under organic and conventional management in spring and fall plantings in...
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