brassica

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Integration of a new mode of action compound like Coragen into IPM and IRM programs to control Lepidoptera in leafy greens, fruiting vegetables, peppers and brassica or cole crops is always welcome.

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  1. noun Any of various plants of the genus Brassica of the mustard family, including cabbage, broccoli, and turnip.

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  • Integration of a new mode of action compound like Coragen into IPM and IRM programs to control Lepidoptera in leafy greens, fruiting vegetables, peppers and brassica or cole crops is always welcome. —  Western Farm Press RSS Feed
  • A number of genetically modified plants and crops are coming to light with enhanced nutritional content considered to offer human health benefits, including flavonoid-rich tomatoes, zeaxanthin in potato tubers, and the omega-3 fatty acid, eicosapentaeoic acid (EPA), to soybeans, brassica, and stearidonic acid (SDA) in canola crops. —  NutraIngredients-USA RSS
  • The turkeys have already eaten a whole bed of young brassica, the leaves from a bean like crop we grow and all the new shoots of the corn. —  British Blogs
 

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  1. New Latin Brassica, genus name, from Latin brassica, cabbage.
 

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