New Asparagus Resources Added to Olericulture Magazine
New Asparagus Resources Added to Olericulture Magazine
(PRWEB) October 09, 2011
The Vegetable Science Magazine Olericulture.org has newly included 263 resources to the olericultural crop Asparagus which can be cultivated under both temperate and tropical climatic conditions. Olericulture is the science and technology of cultivating and producing vegetables and within this scientific area, Olericulture.org provides a wide range of resources related to traditional, temperate and oftentimes indigenous, tropical vegetables.
The spears of the temperate olericultural crop Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis, Asparagaceae or Liliaceae) are harvested belowground whereas those of the sub-/tropical “green asparagus” are cut aboveground. During etiolation belowground white Asparagus is deprived of light during its whole cultivation period. This “white Asparagus” is the preferred type of Asparagus in Europe. Since green asparagus is allowed to extend its stems beyond the soil surface, these stems develop chlorophyll and, thus, become green.
While asparagus is a low-calorie source of folate and potassium, its stalks are high in antioxidants, potassium and folate. Folate is known to reduce synthesis of homocysteine, a substance promoting heart disease. Foliate also protects against neural tube defects in babies, and against Alzheimer’s Disease.
The Olericultural Crops Category currently contains 21 vegetables. Each of these sections is subdivided into a general and a research category. The general section provides information about the aspects of production of vegetables including cultivation, pests and diseases, harvest, postharvest, storage and marketing. The “Asparagus Production Management and Marketing Bulletin” published by Ohio State University Extension is the most popular resource in the general section for Asparagus.
The research categories contain scientific information and links to peer-reviewed papers, journal articles, theses, books, abstracts, and other scholarly literature on the individual vegetables. The page on “Poisonous Plants: Asparagus officinalis” published by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service of the North Carolina State University is currently the most popular page in the Research category of Asparagus.
Olericulture.org was launched in 1996 and has emerged as a comprehensive aggregator of websites and science references in the applied life science olericulture. The site is now under new management and has just been republished.
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