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  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,973 Views
12 Pages

Oviposition Preference of the Cabbage Root Fly towards Some Chinese Cabbage Cultivars: A Search for Future Trap Crop Candidates

  • Fabrice Lamy,
  • Laura Bellec,
  • Amélie Rusu-Stievenard,
  • Pauline Clin,
  • Claire Ricono,
  • Diane Olivier,
  • Solène Mauger,
  • Denis Poinsot,
  • Vincent Faloya and
  • Anne Marie Cortesero
  • + 1 author

17 February 2020

The development of integrated pest management strategies becomes more and more pressing in view of potential harmful effects of synthetic pesticides on the environment and human health. A promising alternative strategy against Delia radicum is the us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
9,503 Views
20 Pages

Estimating Water Footprints of Vegetable Crops: Influence of Growing Season, Solar Radiation Data and Functional Unit

  • Betsie Le Roux,
  • Michael Van der Laan,
  • Teunis Vahrmeijer,
  • John G. Annandale and
  • Keith L. Bristow

22 October 2016

Water footprint (WF) accounting as proposed by the Water Footprint Network (WFN) can potentially provide important information for water resource management, especially in water scarce countries relying on irrigation to help meet their food requireme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,569 Views
14 Pages

Limits to the Biofortification of Leafy Brassicas with Zinc

  • Philip J. White,
  • Paula Pongrac,
  • Claire C. Sneddon,
  • Jacqueline A. Thompson and
  • Gladys Wright

Many humans lack sufficient zinc (Zn) in their diet for their wellbeing and increasing Zn concentrations in edible produce (biofortification) can mitigate this. Recent efforts have focused on biofortifying staple crops. However, greater Zn concentrat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,154 Views
16 Pages

26 April 2023

Cabbage maggot, Delia radicum (L.) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) is a serious pest of Brassica such as broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica Plenck) and cauliflower (B. oleracea L. var. botrytis) in California’s Central Coast. Since there are limi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,119 Views
11 Pages

Epigenetic Regulation of a Heat-Activated Retrotransposon in Cruciferous Vegetables

  • Kosuke Nozawa,
  • Yuki Kawagishi,
  • Akira Kawabe,
  • Mio Sato,
  • Yukari Masuta,
  • Atsushi Kato and
  • Hidetaka Ito

Transposable elements (TEs) are highly abundant in plant genomes. Environmental stress is one of the critical stimuli that activate TEs. We analyzed a heat-activated retrotransposon, named ONSEN, in cruciferous vegetables. Multiple copies of ONSEN-li...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
682 Views
20 Pages

24 March 2025

Volatile plant compounds are essential for host plant selection by herbivores and particularly important for the behaviour of parasitoids seeking larvae in which to lay eggs. Headspace extracts were collected from intact plants of four Brassica olera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
9,138 Views
22 Pages

24 October 2016

Glucosinolates have anti-carcinogenic properties. In the recent decades, the genetics of glucosinolate biosynthesis has been widely studied, however, the expression of specific genes involved in glucosinolate biosynthesis under exogenous phytohormone...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,467 Views
15 Pages

Genetic Relationships and Molecular Signatures of Divergence in Traditional Landraces and Morphotypes of Brassica oleracea

  • Diana L. Zuluaga,
  • Nunzio D’Agostino,
  • Emanuela Blanco,
  • Pasquale L. Curci and
  • Gabriella Sonnante

25 December 2024

Brassica oleracea is a complex species incorporating a great variety of vegetable types, including cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, and others. Southern Italy, and especially the Puglia region, is rich in B. oleracea landraces. In this study, ge...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,829 Views
28 Pages

19 November 2024

The Brassica oleracea L. species embrace important horticultural crops, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage, which are highly valued for their beneficial nutritional effects. However, the complexity of flower emasculation in these species has...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,452 Views
16 Pages

Effect of Foliar Application of Sodium Selenate on Mineral Relationships in Brassicaceae Crops

  • Nadezhda Golubkina,
  • Marina Antoshkina,
  • Ludmila Bondareva,
  • Agnieszka Sekara,
  • Erica Campagna and
  • Gianluca Caruso

The relationships of selenium (Se) with other elements in plants is important for producing functional food with high Se contents and a predicted quality. To unveil the peculiarities of the element interactions, eight botanical varieties of Brassica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,090 Views
21 Pages

Bio-Products Obtained from Broccoli and Cabbage Wastes Are Proposed as Functional Food Ingredients and Bioherbicides for Sustainable Weed Management

  • Claudia Bas-Bellver,
  • Nieves Melero-Carnero,
  • David López-González,
  • Cristina Barrera,
  • Mercedes Verdeguer and
  • Lucía Seguí

2 January 2025

Developing processes that contribute to the valorization of vegetable wastes is of great importance since these residues are characterized by being of high quality, having a huge potential for valorization. However, upcycling vegetables residues and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,369 Views
18 Pages

Analysis of Rfo-Mediated Network in Regulating Fertility Restoration in Brassica oleracea

  • Miaomiao Xing,
  • Yuanyuan Xu,
  • Yuyu Lu,
  • Jiyong Yan and
  • Aisong Zeng

8 November 2024

Ogura cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) lines play a crucial role in the utilization of heterosis. However, valuable traits, such as disease resistance genes from Ogura CMS hybrids, are challenging to incorporate for germplasm innovation, particularly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,396 Views
15 Pages

14 November 2023

Brassica oleracea var. italica (broccoli), a member of the cabbage family, is abundant with many nutrients, including vitamins, potassium, fiber, minerals, and phytochemicals. Consequently, it has been used as a functional food additive to reduce oxi...