Editing Broccoli (section)

==Other cultivar groups of ''Brassica oleracea''==
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Other cultivar groups of ''Brassica oleracea'' include [[cabbage]] (Capitata Group), [[cauliflower]] and [[Romanesco broccoli]] (Botrytis Group), [[kale]] (Acephala Group), [[Collard (plant)|collard]] (Viridis Group), [[kohlrabi]] (Gongylodes Group), [[Brussels sprout]]s (Gemmifera Group), and [[kai-lan]] (Alboglabra Group).<ref name=Dixon2007>{{cite book|last1=Dixon|first1=G.R.|date=2007|title=Vegetable brassicas and related crucifers|isbn=978-0-85199-395-9|publisher=CABI|location=Wallingford}}</ref> As these groups are the same species, they readily hybridize: for example, [[broccolini]] or "Tenderstem broccoli" is a cross between broccoli and [[kai-lan]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Stansell|first1=Zachary|last2=Farnham|first2=Mark|last3=Björkman|first3=Thomas|date=2019|title=Complex Horticultural Quality Traits in Broccoli Are Illuminated by Evaluation of the Immortal BolTBDH Mapping Population|journal=Frontiers in Plant Science|language=en|volume=10|page=1104|doi=10.3389/fpls.2019.01104|pmid=31620146|pmc=6759917|issn=1664-462X|doi-access=free}}</ref> Broccoli cultivars form the genetic basis of the "tropical cauliflowers" commonly grown in South and Southeastern Asia, although they produce a more cauliflower-like head in warmer conditions.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bjorkman|first1=T.|last2=Pearson|first2=K. J.|date=1 January 1998|title=High temperature arrest of inflorescence development in broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica L.)|journal=Journal of Experimental Botany|volume=49|issue=318|pages=101–106|doi=10.1093/jxb/49.318.101|issn=0022-0957|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

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|+ Broccoli production <br>{{small|2023, millions of tonnes}}
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| {{CHN}} || 9.7
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| {{IND}} || 9.5
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| {{USA}} || 1.1
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| {{MEX}} || 0.8
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| {{ESP}} || 0.6
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| '''World''' || '''26.5'''
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|colspan=2|{{small|Source: [[FAOSTAT]] of the [[United Nations]]}}<ref name="fao">{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC|title=Broccoli (and cauliflower) production in 2023, Crops/Regions/World list/Production Quantity/Year (pick lists)|date=2025|publisher=UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT)|access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref>
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