菊苣的食用部分为嫩叶、叶球、叶芽,是野生菊苣的1个变种,有结球类型和需经软化栽培后收获芽球的散叶类型两大种。结球型菊苣只需一次栽培即可生产出产品,栽培上较少受季节的限制,易于做到周年生产供应。而软化型的菊苣需要经过两次栽培才能获得产品,过程较为复杂,但经济价值高 Chicory edible part of the tender leaves, leaf balls, leaf buds, is a wild chicory varieties, with the type of ball and the need to be softened after cultivation of bud balls of the two types of loose leaves. Knot-shaped chicory just one cultivation can produce products, cultivation less seasonally restricted, easy to do annual production and supply. The softening of chicory need to go through two cultivation in order to obtain the product, the process is more complex, but the high economic value