Breeding winter-maturing cauliflowers in south-west England

Tapsell, C. R.

doi:10.1080/14620316.1989.11515923

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“…This method has been found effective for the improvement of curd compactness, yield and other economic characters in cauliflower. Significant improvement after one generation of recurrent selection in the yield (18-47%) and diameter, depth and weight of curd over the original material was reported by Tapsell (1989). Inbreds, thus developed have been used in the breeding of hybrids, synthetics and open pollinated varieties or in intervarietial hybridization program.…”

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A Review of Hybrid Cauliflower Development

Singh

Chable

Tripathi

2004

Journal of New Seeds

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Cauliflower is an important vegetable crop which belongs to the family Brassicaceae and is grown in many countries like India, China, Italy, Europe, America, etc. It is grown for its highly suppressed 'prefloral fleshy apical meristem' branches called "curd." It is a cross-pollinated crop. There are different groups based on their characteristics. Multiple pollination mechanisms, e.g., self-incompatibility and male sterility, not only encourages cross-pollination but also found useful in the commercial hybrid seed production of the crop. As the main hindrance to the popularization of F 1 hybrids is unavailability and high cost of hybrid seed. In cauliflower, F 1 hybrids have been found advantageous for earliness, high early and total yield, better curd quality with respect to compactness and color, uniform maturity, resistance to insect pest, diseases and unfavorable weather conditions.

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A Review of Hybrid Cauliflower Development

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Chable

Tripathi

2004

Journal of New Seeds

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“…The edible portion (curd) of the cauliflower Brassica oleracea var. botrytis is susceptible to frost damage in the field which reduces its marketable quality (Tapsell, 1989;Grout, Crisp & Wardle, 1982). Such damage can be extensive leading to significant crop losses, for example damage to the Cornish cauliflower crop in 1987 led to an estimated loss of f3.5 million (Anon., 1987).…”

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The freezing characteristics of cauliflower curd

Fuller

White

Charman

1994

Annals of Applied Biology

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Cultivar differences in frost resistance and the heritable nature of resistance were demonstrated using seedling cauliflower plants. Such cultivar differences were not however expressed in the curd. Selection for frost resistance in cauliflower should therefore use whole plant screening techniques.Curd material when frozen as isolated florets, supercooled over the range -1°C to -12°C and the mean freezing point of all curds tested was -6°C to -7.25"C (overall mean -644°C). Curd florets which supercooled but did not freeze were completely undamaged, whereas freezing always led to cell damage and death observed as water-soaking of the floret surface and measured using an electrical conductivity method. The large range of freezing points measured suggests a range of active ice nucleators either on or within the florets. When curds were frozen intact the ability of florets to supercool was severely restricted which was attributed to the seeding of freezing by the internal growth of ice crystals. A crop protection strategy needs to identify and control or modify warm temperature nucleators in cauliflower curd.

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Breeding Cauliflower: A Review

Singh

2017

International Journal of Vegetable Science

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Breeding winter-maturing cauliflowers in south-west England

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A Review of Hybrid Cauliflower Development

A Review of Hybrid Cauliflower Development

The freezing characteristics of cauliflower curd

Breeding Cauliflower: A Review

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