The round and long leaves red cichory (Cichorium intybus) is one of the main horticultural crops grown in those lands where the community called “Consorzio Uomini di Massenzatica” (CUM), operates. This generates a consistent economic and social value, in terms of cultivated surface extension and quantity produced. The aim of this study includes chemical characterization of red chicory varieties in terms of nutritional components and bioactive secondary metabolites. Systematic comparison between agri-food products by CUM and their principal competitors on the market was carried out to verify the red chicory varieties own unique chemical and genomic characteristics. In conclusion the work made on round and long leaves red chicory varieties and cultivated in CUM lands, evidenced that these agri-food products have relevant nutritional and functional properties. Additionally, these characteristics are, in particular, associated with both local production and self-seeded procedure. Bio-molecular analyses, even if they deserve a deeper understanding, displayed that CUM ecotypes well adapted themselves to the territory geochemistry and possess unique quality and properties.
Il radicchio (Cichorium intybus) a foglia tonda e lunga autoprodotto, rappresenta, sia per superficie che per produzione, la principale orticola coltivata nei terreni del CUM grazie alla quale si genera un consistente valore economico e sociale. Lo studio ha indagato le caratteristiche bromatologiche del radicchio per redigere le etichette nutrizionali e lo ha confrontato con i competitors per verificare l’unicità del prodotto. Contemporaneamente è stata eseguita la caratterizzazione quali-quantitativa dei composti fenolici. Il lavoro svolto sul radicchio lungo e tondo coltivato nei terreni del CUM, ha evidenziato che questi prodotti agroalimentari hanno rilevanti proprietà nutrizionali e funzionali. Inoltre, queste caratteristiche sono correlate sia al territorio sia al processo di auto produzione del seme. Le analisi biomolecolari, anche se meritano ulteriori approfondimenti, hanno dimostrato che gli ecotipi CUM si sono ben adattati alla geochimica del territorio e possiedono qualità e proprietà uniche.
Landscape and biodiversity: the case of red cichory
Annalisa Maietti
Primo
;Paola Tedeschi;Martina catani;Luisa Pasti;Alberto Cavazzini;Nicola MarchettiUltimo
2021
Abstract
The round and long leaves red cichory (Cichorium intybus) is one of the main horticultural crops grown in those lands where the community called “Consorzio Uomini di Massenzatica” (CUM), operates. This generates a consistent economic and social value, in terms of cultivated surface extension and quantity produced. The aim of this study includes chemical characterization of red chicory varieties in terms of nutritional components and bioactive secondary metabolites. Systematic comparison between agri-food products by CUM and their principal competitors on the market was carried out to verify the red chicory varieties own unique chemical and genomic characteristics. In conclusion the work made on round and long leaves red chicory varieties and cultivated in CUM lands, evidenced that these agri-food products have relevant nutritional and functional properties. Additionally, these characteristics are, in particular, associated with both local production and self-seeded procedure. Bio-molecular analyses, even if they deserve a deeper understanding, displayed that CUM ecotypes well adapted themselves to the territory geochemistry and possess unique quality and properties.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.