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The Commercial Vegetable Production Guides are a source of information on producing vegetables crops in the Pacific Northwest, particulary in Oregon. They include information on varieties, fertilizer applications, harvesting, handling, storage, pest control, and other cultural practices, as well as
The bioavailability of carotenoids from kale was investigated by labeling nutrients in kale with 13C, feeding the kale to seven adult volunteers, and analyzing serial plasma samples for labeled lutein, ß-carotene, and retinol.
1 Variability in Elemental Accumulations Among Leafy Brassica oleracea Cultivars and Selections David E. Kopsell,1,* Dean A. Kopsell,1 Mark G. Lefsrud,1 Joanne Curran- Celentano,2 and Laura E.
1 sense of collard Sense 1 collard -- (variety of kale having smooth leaves) -> kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica oleracea acephala -- (a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head) => collard -- (variety of kale having smooth leaves)
Cabbage's favorite relative is a leafy triple threat; superstar cancer-fighter, pill-free vitamin and hearty, heart-healthy additive to any winter meal.
Comprehensive information on the pecan, Carya illinoinensis, its cultivation including sustainable and organic production methods, its pests and diseases and a list of the cultivars resistant to pecan scab.
Kale and collards are similar in many respects, differing in little more than the forms of their leaves. They are, in effect, primitive cabbages that have been retained through thousands of years.
Article by Scott A. Mori on Bertholletia excelsa, its natural history, the harvesting of the nuts from the Amazonian forests and the problems of plantation cultivation.