Horticulture unit under the Department of Model training farm (MTF), College of Agriculture at Sokoine university of Agriculture, we produce various leafy vegetables including broccoli, it’s a vegetable which grows well during cool climatic condition
Broccoli (Brassica oleraceae var. italica) is an edible green plant in the (family Brassicaceae, genus Brassica) whose large flowering head, stalkand small associated leaves are eaten as a vegetables. 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.
broccoli ready for market
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 glusinolete compounds, isothiocyanates and sulforaphane, are diminished by boiling but are better preserved by steaming, microwaving or stir- frying
broccoli at early stage after transplanting on sunken seedbed
broccoli vegetable one month after transplanting
Kindly, Model farm management would like to welcome general public, farmers and students at Horticulture unit for learning and sharing of ideas pertaing Agriculture.
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