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HEAD CABBAGE [7 records]

Record 1 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A variety of cabbage... having a dense white mass of fleshy flower stalks that form the head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CONT

La coliflor es una de las múltiples variedades de col. Todas son comestibles.

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Record 2 2010-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect of the family Noctuidae.

OBS

Adult cabbage loopers are mottled grayish-brown moths that have a distinctive silvery figure eight pattern on their forewings and a slight tuft of hair behind the head. The moth, with a wingspan of about 3. 8 cm is generally nocturnal but can sometimes be found resting on the underside of cabbage leaves during the day.

OBS

Not to be confused with "cabbage looper" which is the same insect but at the caterpillar stage of its life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte de la famille des Noctuidae.

CONT

Fausse-arpenteuse du chou. Les adultes de cette fausse-arpenteuse sont des papillons nocturnes tachetés d'un brun grisâtre. Leurs ailes antérieures sont ornées d'un motif argenté caractéristique en forme de «8», et une petite touffe de poils se dresse à l'arrière de la tête. Le papillon, dont les ailes déployées atteignent environ 3,8 cm, est généralement nocturne, mais on le retrouve parfois au repos sous les feuilles de choux pendant la journée.

OBS

fausse-arpenteuse du chou; fausse arpenteuse du chou : ces termes désignent aussi l'insecte au stade larvaire (chenille).

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Vegetable Crop Production
CONT

Downy Mildew of Cabbage. Caused by the fungus Peronospora parasitica. Damage occurs mostly to young plants or to exposed leaves of heading plants.

CONT

The fungus causing downy mildew of cabbage also attacks other crucifers, such as cauliflower, collards, Chinese cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, kale, and kohlrabi... The first symptoms of downy mildew are the formation of black specks and yellow-brown spots on the upper leaf surface, accompanied by the development of a fluffy mold growth on the lower surface. Young leaves may fall off when infected, and on older leaves, the spots may coalesce, producing large, sunken, tan spots. The disease can attack young seedlings or plants that have already headed. On older cabbage plants, the disease produces dark, sunken spots, which may appear purplish, on the head or wrapper leaves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Production légumière
CONT

Mildiou de la laitue et mildiou du chou. Ces mildious affectent surtout les jeunes plants sous châssis ou sous abris plastiques. Les feuilles extérieures présentent un jaunissement à leur face supérieure et un duvet blanchâtre se forme à leur face intérieure.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
CONT

Types of cabbage include : Green Cabbage-most common type; popular varieties include : Early-conical(pointed) head, not tightly packed, light green; December through May.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Horticulture
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

The young shoots of turnip used for early greens.

OBS

Green sor spring greens : Young leafy cabbage eaten before the heart has formed, or leaf sprouts formed after cutting off the head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Horticulture
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Les navets primeurs sont souvent vendus avec leurs feuilles (que l'on peut préparer comme des épinards et qui, sous le nom de turnip tops, sont un légume apprécié en Grande Bretagne); ils doivent être utilisés rapidement, alors que les navets d'hiver se conservent deux mois au frais.

OBS

Navet : Plante potagère [...] dont on consomme surtout la racine, parfois les feuilles jeunes qui s'accommodent comme les épinards.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Horticultura
  • Producción vegetal
DEF

Hoja o brote de la planta del nabo, que se caracteriza por ser tierna y comestible.

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Record 6 2000-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción hortícola
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Record 7 1993-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Plant Biology
OBS

The development of the head in cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli.

OBS

curd: the edible flower heads of cauliflower, broccoli, and similar plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Biologie végétale
OBS

Formation de la pomme chez le chou-fleur, le chou ou le brocoli.

Spanish

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