Broccoli

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What is the potential of growing broccoli in Uzbekistan? Is this product exported to foreign countries? What varieties are grown in the republic? We will inform you about it.

In recent years, the interest and need for the broccoli plant has been increasing. In order to continuously provide the population with this vegetable crop in the republic, it is planned to plant broccoli on an area of ​​1.3 thousand hectares for this year's harvest. Of this, 640 hectares belong to farmers and agricultural enterprises, and 688 hectares belong to residential estates.

Today, in Uzbekistan, broccoli "Agassi F1", "Ironmen F1", "Atlantis F1", "Heraklion F1", "Quinta F1", "Naxos F1", "Marathon F1", "Tiburon F1", "Fiesta F1" such varieties are being planted.

Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) is an edible green plant in the cabbage family (family Brassicaceae, genus Brassica) whose large flowering head, stalk and small associated leaves are eaten as a vegetable. Broccoli is classified in the Italica cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli has large flower heads, usually dark green, arranged in a tree-like structure branching out from a thick stalk which is usually light green. The mass of flower heads is surrounded by leaves. Broccoli resembles cauliflower, which is a different but closely related cultivar group of the same Brassica species.

It is eaten either raw or cooked. Broccoli is a particularly rich source of vitamin C and vitamin K. Contents of its characteristic sulfur-containing glucosinolate compounds, isothiocyanates and sulforaphane, are diminished by boiling but are better preserved by steaming, microwaving or stir-frying.

There are three commonly grown types of broccoli.The most familiar is Calabrese broccoli, often referred to simply as "broccoli", named after Calabria in Italy. It has large (10- to 20-cm) green heads and thick stalks. It is a cool-season annual crop. Sprouting broccoli (white or purple) has a larger number of heads with many thin stalks.Purple cauliflower or violet cauliflower is a type of broccoli grown in Europe and North America. It has a head shaped like cauliflower but consisting of many tiny flower buds. It sometimes, but not always, has a purple cast to the tips of the flower buds. Purple cauliflower may also be white, red, green, or other colors.

Other popular cultivars include Belstar, Blue Wind, Coronado Crown, Destiny, DiCicco, Green Goliath, Green Magic, Purple Sprouting, Romanesco, Sun King and Waltham 29.

Beneforté is a variety of broccoli containing 2–3 times more glucoraphanin and produced by crossing broccoli with a wild Brassica variety, Brassica oleracea var villosa.