This study investigated the extent of heavy metal accumulation in leaf vegetables and associated potential health risks in agricultural areas of the Pearl River Delta (PRD), South China. Total concentrations of mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr) and arsenic (As) were determined in 92 pairs of soil and leaf vegetable (flowering Chinese cabbage, lettuce, pakchoi, Chinese cabbage...

Studies on the diversity within and among cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L.), cauliflower botrytis), Chinese rapa ssp. pekinensis) variants are essential for development of healthy diets. However, most studies them have been limited to a single species, with little integrated analysis between them. In this study, these species varieties is assessed by determining contents 15 major ...

Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa) is one of the vegetable crops with largest acreage and yield in East Asia. With aggravation heavy metal pollution soil, excessive accumulation has become increasingly severe cabbage, among which, cadmium most representative elements. It critical to understand regulatory mechanism Cadmium (Cd) response tolerance at metabolism level. Comparative functional metabolo...

Glucosinolate (GSL) profiles and concentrations in various tissues (seeds, sprouts, mature root, and shoot) were determined and compared across nine Brassica species, including cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, radish, baemuchae, pakchoi, Chinese cabbage, leaf mustard, and kale. The compositions and concentrations of individual GSLs varied among crops, tissues, and growth stages. Seeds had highes...

The main objective of this research work was to evaluate the variation in nutritional profile, antioxidant, anti-proliferative and antibacterial activities selected species Brassica. Five locally grown Brassica (cauliflower, broccoli, red cabbage, white cabbage Chinese cabbage) were collected from Ayub Agriculture Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad, Pakistan. Polyphenolic rich extracts these...

The National Agricultural Biotechnology Information Center (NABIC) constructed an agricultural biology-based infrastructure and developed a Web based relational database for agricultural plants with biotechnology information. The NABIC has concentrated on functional genomics of major agricultural plants, building an integrated biotechnology database for agro-biotech information that focuses on ...

Clubroot disease caused by an obligate biotroph, Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin, causes damage to cruciferous vegetables. In the breeding of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinens is) in Japan, European turnips were fbund to be a source ofclubroot-resistance (CR) genes (Yoshikawa 1981). To date, more than 50 CR Fi cultivars have been bred. However, the breakdown ofthe clubroot resist...