The effect of preliminary chilling of broccoli transplants on some antioxidative parameters

Abstract

The aim of this study was to introduce older transplants of broccoli into field conditions to shorten their growing period and to obtain a crop with a high nutritive value. The additional storage of relatively old (four- and eightweek- old) transplants in a cold chamber before planting in the field shortens the growing period; however, it can influence the chemical composition of the leaves and heads. According to earlier research, the preliminary chilling of transplants affected the high yielding of broccoli; a determination of the quality of plants, including select health-promoting properties, was necessary for their full characteristics.

Keywords

• broccoli
• brassica oleracea var. italica
• chilling
• catalase
• peroxidase
• phenolics