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Production Guide for Choy Sum—An Emerging Asian Vegetable in Florida

Yanlin Wang and Guodong Liu


Release Date: 3/3/2024

Agriculture

Abstract

Choy sum, also known as Chinese flowering cabbage, is a leafy vegetable that has been widely cultivated in southern China for more than 1,000 years, and is currently cultivated and consumed by a growing population in the western world. This new 5-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department, written by Yanlin Wang and Guodong Liu, provides a brief overview of choy sum and its cultivation, as well as some suggestions for how to include it in a meal.

About this Publication

This document is HS1380, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2020. Revised January 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Yanlin Wang, graduate student, and Guodong Liu, associate professor, Horticultural Sciences Department; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Yanlin Wang
Yanlin Wang

 former graduate student, UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department, Gainesville, FL

Guodong Liu
Guodong Liu
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, crop nutrition, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences

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