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Crop Systems, Quality and Protection of Diplotaxis tenuifolia

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  • Gianluca Caruso

    (Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘Federico II’, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Italy)

  • Giuseppe Parrella

    (Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Università 133, 80055 Portici, Italy)

  • Massimo Giorgini

    (Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Università 133, 80055 Portici, Italy)

  • Rosario Nicoletti

    (Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli ‘Federico II’, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Italy
    Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca Olivicoltura, Frutticoltura e Agrumicoltura, 81100 Caserta, Italy)

Abstract

Perennial wall-rocket ( Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) D.C.) is a herbaceous plant belonging to the Brassicaceae with a cosmopolitan distribution. Traditionally harvested as a spontaneous herb, today it is a crop species of increasing importance after the diffusion of the ready-to-use salads in the vegetable retail markets. Besides relevance as a food crop, its consumption is prompted by consideration in the traditional medicine of several peoples in the native areas of the Mediterranean and western Asia based on recognized health beneficial effects. In fact, the leaves have notable nutritional properties related to their contents of glucosinolates and some antioxidant compounds, such as vitamin C and flavonoids, which entitle their dietary inclusion for the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. This paper provides an overview on aspects concerning the biology, crop management, nutritional properties, industrial processing and uses of perennial wall-rocket.

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  • Gianluca Caruso & Giuseppe Parrella & Massimo Giorgini & Rosario Nicoletti, 2018. "Crop Systems, Quality and Protection of Diplotaxis tenuifolia," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 8(4), pages 1-19, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:8:y:2018:i:4:p:55-:d:139665
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    1. Alessandra Durazzo & Elena Azzini & Maria Claudia Lazzè & Anna Raguzzini & Roberto Pizzala & Giuseppe Maiani, 2013. "Italian Wild Rocket [ Diplotaxis Tenuifolia (L.) DC.]: Influence of Agricultural Practices on Antioxidant Molecules and on Cytotoxicity and Antiproliferative Effects," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 3(2), pages 1-14, May.
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    1. Catello Pane & Gelsomina Manganiello & Nicola Nicastro & Teodoro Cardi & Francesco Carotenuto, 2021. "Powdery Mildew Caused by Erysiphe cruciferarum on Wild Rocket ( Diplotaxis tenuifolia ): Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning Modeling for Non-Destructive Disease Detection," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-15, April.

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