NEW CRUCIFEROUS PLANT AND METHOD FOR REARING THE SAME

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new cruciferous plant having a high content of a functional ingredient without a peculiar odor or bitterness and to provide a method for rearing the cruciferous plant. PSOLUTION: The plant is obtained by selecting a hill of the plant belonging to the family Cruciferae and having 5 mg/100 g -carotene content, 5 mg/100 g lutein content and 5 to 20 mg/100 g content of glucoraphanin based on the foliage fresh weight having 85% moisture content, on the other hand, selecting the hill of the plant belonging to the family Cruciferae and having 10 mg/100 g content of the glucoraphanin based on the foliage fresh weight, crossing the two plants and cultivating the resultant seed. The plant has 5 mg/100 g -carotene content, 5 mg/100 g lutein content and 20 mg/100 g content of the glucoraphanin based on the foliage fresh weight. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI