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Table of Contents

Abstract v

Abbreviations vii

Chapter 1 General Introduction 1

1.1 Introduction 2

1.2 Background 4

1.2.1 Organic Agriculture in USA 4

1.2.2 Broccoli in USA 5

1.2.3 Organic seed regulation 5

1.3 Problem Description 6

1.3.1 Challenges in developing an organic seed sector 6

1.3.2 Organic cultivar requirements for agronomic performance 7

1.3.3 Organic cultivar requirements for improved nutritional value 9

1.3.4 Breeding for organic systems 10

1.3.5 Breeding techniques 11

1.4 Research Objectives, Hypotheses And Main Research Questions 12

1.4.1 Research hypotheses 12

1.4.2 Research questions (RQs) 13

1.5 Research Design And Methodology 15

1.5.1 Deining the current and evolving efects of organic seed

regulation 16

1.5.2 Determining how currently available broccoli cultivars

perform in organic production systems compared to

conventional growing conditions with respect to

horticultural and phytochemical traits 17

1.6 Outline Of The Thesis 18

References 22

Chapter 2 The Development and Implementation of Organic Seed

Regulation in the United States 29

2.1 Introduction 31

2.2 Materials and Methods 33

2.2.1 Stakeholder identiication 33

2.2.2 Stakeholder analysis 33