Claim · model-written summary
Cys,Met,Se0.2 combination had positive effects on glucosinolates in broccoli florets, especially glucoraphanin.
- Taxon
- Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicae0 - Treatment
- Cys,Met,Se0.2e6
- Outcome
- GSLse6
- Direction
- positive effectse6
- Qualifier
- especially GlRae6
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Verbatim
e0“Broccoli serves as a functional food”
e6“Only the Cys,Met,Se0.2 combination presented positive effects on GSLs, especially GlRa, but it reduced the fresh mass of the floret”
Title
Dimitris L. Bouranis; Georgios P. Stylianidis; Vassiliki Manta; et al. Plants 2023. doi:10.3390/plants12061272
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Intervention effect Foliar 0.2 mM Se with the SiE surfactant reduced organic S content in broccoli florets by 45%.
- Intervention effect Foliar 0.2 mM Se with the SiE surfactant reduced glucoiberin content in broccoli florets by 31%.
- Intervention effect Foliar 0.2 mM Se with the SiE surfactant reduced glucobrassicin content in broccoli florets by 27%.
- Intervention effect Foliar 0.2 mM Se with the SiE surfactant increased carotenoid content in broccoli florets by 21%.
- Intervention effect Foliar 0.2 mM Se with the SiE surfactant increased glucoraphanin content in broccoli florets by 27%.
- Intervention effect Methionine with 0.2 mM Se applied foliarly with IAE increased organic S content in broccoli florets by 35%.
- Intervention effect Methionine with 0.2 mM Se applied foliarly with IAE increased carotenoid content in broccoli florets by 45%.
- Intervention effect Methionine with 0.2 mM Se applied foliarly with IAE increased total chlorophyll content in broccoli florets by 27%.
- Intervention effect The Met,Se0.2/FA,IAE combination gave the lowest Se content per floret (183 μg or 0.2 μmol g−1 DM) among the studied combinations.
- Intervention effect Cys,Met,Se0.2/FA,IAE increased organic S content in broccoli florets by 36%.
- Intervention effect The amino acid mix with Se0.2/FA,IAE increased organic S content in broccoli florets by 16%.
- Intervention effect The Cys,Met,Se0.2 combination reduced the fresh mass of broccoli florets.
- Intervention effect Across combinations of 0.2 mM Se with amino acids, florets retained commercially acceptable Se content and yield was not affected.
- Intervention effect Across combinations of 0.2 mM Se with amino acids, the content of glucosinolates increased, especially glucoraphanin and glucoiberin.
- Intervention effect The GlBr content decreased in broccoli florets treated with 0.2 mM Se and amino acids, except with methionine.