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Wasabi Links
Species: Wasabia spp.
A review of the isothiocyanates which give wasabi its distinct flavour is available (Depree et al. 1998).
Cucumber Mosaic Cucumovirus has been reported on wasabi in Tasmania (Wilson 1998).
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Depree, J. A., Howard, T. M. and Savage, G. P. (1998). Flavour and pharmaceutical properties of the volatile sulphur compounds of Wasabi (Wasabia japonica). Food Research International 31(5): 329-337.
Wilson, C. R. (1998). First report of cucumber mosaic cucumovirus on wasabi in Australia. Plant Disease 82(5).