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This work seeks to protect crops from insect pests by combining approaches from biological control and biotechnology. More specifically, it aims to protect cabbage from diamondback moths (DBM) through use of a collard trap crop expressing insect-resistance genes from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).
Plants produce rosettes of very decorative leaves with various textures and colors, rather than forming tight heads. Kale greens have a healthy supply of vitamins and minerals but few calories.
Ricardo Eiras Moreira da RochaI; Márcio Sampaio PimentelI; Valéria Cristina Palmeira ZagoII; Norma Gouvêa RumjanekIII; Helvécio De-PolliIII IUniversidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Dep. de Fitotecnia, Antiga Rod.
D. T. Luu, P. Heizmann and C. Dumas Reproduction et Developpement des Plantes, Unite Mixte de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, 46 allee d'Italie, F-69364 Lyon cedex 07, France
sulphur-based heterosides: sinigroside, glucobrassicine, progoitrine, which when hydrolysed yield thiocyanates, goitrine (antithyroid agent) and oxazolidone (anti-growth agent in poultry) at levels of 0.
Crop & Food Research [BROAD sheet] Number 57 October 1997 Kapeti Kale Paul Lysaght and Endel Johnstone discuss the grazing of a Kapeti kale crop. Kapeti kale is a brassica used for over winter grazing and mid to late summer feed for all animals.