<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Perennial wall-rocket (<italic>Diplotaxis tenuifolia</italic>) belongs to the Brassicaceae family. It has spread worldwide due to its functional properties, and has long been known in folk medicine of native populations in areas of the Mediterranean and western Asia. In the past, <italic>Diplotaxis tenuifolia</italic> was a herbaceous plant harvested and consumed as a spontaneous herb, but today it is an important leafy vegetable in ready-to-use salads, with an increasing impact in the national and international vegetable retail markets. The leaves of perennial wall-rocket have valuable nutritional properties because of the amounts of antioxidant compounds they contain, in particular glucosinolates, vitamin C, as well as flavonoids, which make their consumption beneficial for preventing some types of cancer and cardiovascular disease. In the current review, major pre-harvest factors of <italic>Diplotaxis tenuifolia</italic> production, such as cropping systems, fertilization, as well as water management and irrigation, are addressed with respect to crop productivity and leaf quality.</p></abstract>

Perennial wall-rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) belongs to the Brassicaceae family. It has spread worldwide due to its functional properties, and has long been known in folk medicine of native populations in areas of the Mediterranean and western Asia. In the past, Diplotaxis tenuifolia was a herbaceous plant harvested and consumed as a spontaneous herb, but today it is an important leafy vegetable in ready-to-use salads, with an increasing impact in the national and international vegetable retail markets. The leaves of perennial wall-rocket have valuable nutritional properties because of the amounts of antioxidant compounds they contain, in particular glucosinolates, vitamin C, as well as flavonoids, which make their consumption beneficial for preventing some types of cancer and cardiovascular disease. In the current review, major pre-harvest factors of Diplotaxis tenuifolia production, such as cropping systems, fertilization, as well as water management and irrigation, are addressed with respect to crop productivity and leaf quality.

Productivity, nutritional and functional qualities of perennial wall-rocket: Effects of pre-harvest factors

CREA – Research Center for Oliviculture

CREA – Research Center for Cereal and Industrial Crops

Folia Horticulturae

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Perennial wall-rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) belongs to the Brassicaceae family. It has spread worldwide due to its functional properties, and has long been...

Productivity, nutritional and functional qualities of perennial wall-rocket: Effects of pre-harvest factors

Published Online: Jun 30, 2019

Page range: 71 - 80

Received: Aug 18, 2018

Accepted: Oct 16, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2019-0004

Keywords
cropping practices, functional foods, glucosinolates, phytochemicals, produce processing, ready-to-use salads

© 2019 Gianluca Caruso et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Productivity, nutritional and functional qualities of perennial wall-rocket: Effects of pre-harvest factors

Published Online: Jun 30, 2019

Page range: 71 - 80

Received: Aug 18, 2018

Accepted: Oct 16, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2019-0004

Keywordscropping practices, functional foods, glucosinolates, phytochemicals, produce processing, ready-to-use salads

© 2019 Gianluca Caruso et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
cropping practices, functional foods, glucosinolates, phytochemicals, produce processing, ready-to-use salads