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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Nationwide distribution of Kyo-yasai (heirloom vegetables in Kyoto) and the advantages of traditional farming methods with importance of ‘Syun’: a case of mizuna

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    Present address: Kyoto University of Advanced Science Junior & Senior High School, Kyoto, 616-8036, Japan

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  1. Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, 606-8522, Japan

    Takako Nakamura, Asuka Nakao, Minami Watanabe, Kinji Ueda, Azusa Sasaki & Yasushi Nakamura

  2. Department of Plant Creation, Kyoto Prefectural Katsura High School, Kyoto, 615-8102, Japan

    Minami Watanabe & Toshihiko Matsuda

  3. Horticultural Division, Kyoto Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Center, Kameoka, Kyoto, 621-0806, Japan

    Seiji Matsumoto, Toshiharu Yamaguchi, Masaho Haikata, Asuka Kaneko, Koji Shirota & Yasushi Nakamura

  4. United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan

    Shigehisa Okamoto

  5. Department of Japanese Food Culture, Faculty of Letters, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, 606-8522, Japan

    Yasushi Nakamura

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Nakamura, T., Nakao, A., Watanabe, M. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Nationwide distribution of Kyo-yasai (heirloom vegetables in Kyoto) and the advantages of traditional farming methods with importance of ‘Syun’: a case of mizuna. J. Ethn. Food 9, 27 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42779-022-00141-8

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