Challenges and Opportunities in Vegetable Production in Changing Climate: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies

Solankey, S. S.; Kumari, Meenakshi; Akhtar, Shirin; Singh, Hemant Kumar; Ray, P. K.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-63497-1_2

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“…but especially to the agricultural sector, given that it is highly dependent on the weather and climate, making the sector an adventurous economic activity [57,60]. Many reviews have revealed that warming has a strong impact on crop productivity [58,[61][62][63][64][65][66], as well as in the produce's quality and nutritional value [66][67][68][69][70].…”

Section: The Impacts Of Emerging Climate Change On Broccoli Cropmentioning

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The Impacts of the Emerging Climate Change on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck.) Crop

2022

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Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck.) is nowadays one of the most important vegetable crops worldwide, with an increasing demand by the market, due to its high nutritional value. Based on the optimal temperature range, its cultivation in the temperate regions takes place from late summer to late spring. Broccoli cultivation nowadays faces many challenges, such as the profitable production throughout the year, as well as during conditions of an increased temperature, induced by the emerging climate change, as well as the possibility of introducing the cultivation to subtropical and tropical areas. The modern genotypes (F1 hybrids) differ significantly among themselves in terms of the requirements for the head’s formation, which, however, has not been fully elucidated. In this direction, breeders have been developing programs internationally since the early 1990s, in order to create genotypes that will be adapted to temperatures higher than the optimal range, having, however, a relatively limited initial germplasm pool. The purpose of this review is to present extensively the temperature requirements in the broccoli crop production and to highlight the impacts of the emerging climate change.

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Section: The Impacts Of Emerging Climate Change On Broccoli Cropmentioning

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The Impacts of the Emerging Climate Change on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck.) Crop

2022

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“…However, this is not the case with watercress, which in the UK holds a modest 5% of the total salads market (personal communication, Dr Steve Rothwell). To date, limited resources exist to enable crop improvement in response to consumer demands or increased production pressures (Solankey et al,2021).…”

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Characterization of a new dwarf watercress (Nasturtium officinale R Br.) ‘Boldrewood’ in commercial trials reveals a consistent increase in chemopreventive properties in a longer-grown crop

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Becerra-Sanchez

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We describe ‘Boldrewood’, a new accession of watercress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.) that was initially found to be of short stature with high antioxidant capacity (Payne, Clarkson, Rothwell, & Taylor, 2015). This was of particular commercial interest because it offered the potential to develop a novel watercress product with fork-friendly size and improved health-benefits. In two commercial trials comparing Boldrewood to a control, we confirmed that Boldrewood exhibits a dwarf phenotype with a significantly shorter stem and consistently produced more leaves per stem area alongside comparable crop biomass. The antioxidant and chemopreventive capacity of Boldrewood were comparable to the commercial crop. For the first time, we observed a novel increase in glucosinolate concentrations and cytotoxicity to cancer cells, characterised as decreased IC50 (half-maximal concentration of an inhibitor), associated with increased crop age at harvest. This suggests that a slower-growing and longer to harvest crop provides a significant improvement in health benefits gained in this leafy crop which is already known to be highly nutrient dense and with considerable chemopreventive ability.

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“…9 A number of studies have demonstrated that polluted environments with heavy metals may cause certain vegetables, including cabbage and lettuce, to accumulate high concentrations of these metals. [10][11][12][13] Given the potential toxicity, recalcitrant nature, and cumulative behaviour of heavy metals; the frequency of vegetable consumption; and safety and health concerns, such research is essential. Primary objectives of this study were to:…”

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Screening of zinc, copper and iron in lettuce and Chinese cabbage cultivated in Durban, South Africa, towards human health risk assessment

Nkosi

Msimang

2022

S. Afr. J. Sci.

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Human well-being and ecological reliability continue to face a major threat resulting from heavy metal pollution to soils caused by untreated discharge from metropolitan and industrial wastewater. The potential human health risks of zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) and iron (Fe) contamination to native inhabitants through the food chain were assessed in Pinetown, Durban, where their irrigation processes are from the Umgeni River passing through the highly industrialised Pinetown area. River water, vegetables (cabbage and lettuce) and soil were analysed for Zn, Cu and Fe; transfer factor, health risk index and the daily intake of metals were also calculated. The concentrations of heavy metals indicated the pattern trend as Fe>Zn>Cu for both cabbage and lettuce. The levels of transfer factors for heavy metals ranged from 0.02 mg/kg to 1.89 mg/kg. The health risk index (0.0002–01430) was found to be within the recommended range (<1), which poses no human health risk with respect to all heavy metals tested

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Challenges and Opportunities in Vegetable Production in Changing Climate: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies

Cited by 12 publications

References 143 publications

The Impacts of the Emerging Climate Change on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck.) Crop

The Impacts of the Emerging Climate Change on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck.) Crop

Characterization of a new dwarf watercress (Nasturtium officinale R Br.) ‘Boldrewood’ in commercial trials reveals a consistent increase in chemopreventive properties in a longer-grown crop

Screening of zinc, copper and iron in lettuce and Chinese cabbage cultivated in Durban, South Africa, towards human health risk assessment

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