scholarly journals 2020–2021 Vegetable Production Handbook: Chapter 6. Cole Crop Production

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lincoln Zotarelli ◽  
Peter J. Dittmar ◽  
Nicholas S. Dufault ◽  
Bonnie Wells ◽  
Johan Desaeger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Cabbage ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Cole Crops ◽  
Cole Crop

This chapter covers production of cole crops and Asian crucifers, including broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Chinese broccoli, Chinese cabbage, Chinese mustard (bok choy), kohlrabi, lobok/daikon, collards, kale, mustard, and turnip.

Chapter 6. Cole Crop Production

EDIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie Wells ◽  
Hugh A. Smith ◽  
Lincoln Zotarelli ◽  
Peter J. Dittmar ◽  
Nicholas S. Dufault ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Cole Crop

Chapter 6 of the Vegetable Production Handbook.

scholarly journals 640 PB 372 FALL COLE CROP PRODUCTION FOLLOWING TOBACCO

HortScience ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 524d-524
Author(s):  
A.M. Clements ◽  
L.A. Weston
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Total Yield ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Calcium Content ◽  
Cole Crops ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Cole Crop ◽  
Field Plots ◽  
Nitrogen Phosphorus

Fall cole crops of exceptional quality and high market value are produced in Kentucky. Tobacco is an integral part of agriculture in the southeastern states and production of fall cole crops following tobacco may increase diversification and Potential profits. A float system was utilized for transplant production. Field plots were established with broccoli and cabbage grown conventionally, planted into killed sudex cover, cultivated tobacco stubble and directly into tobacco stubble. Data were collected on soil fertility, insect and weed populations, crop quality and yield. Periodically, foliar samples were analyzed for nitrate, total nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium content. Fall cole crops grown conventionally or in killed sudex cover produced comparable results and head size. Insect pressures were reduced in killed sudex covers. Total yield and quality were reduced when seedlings where planted directly into tobacco stubble.

scholarly journals Remote Control of Greenhouse Vegetable Production with Artificial Intelligence—Greenhouse Climate, Irrigation, and Crop Production

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 1807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silke Hemming ◽  
Feije de Zwart ◽  
Anne Elings ◽  
Isabella Righini ◽  
Anna Petropoulou
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Digital Interface ◽  
Greenhouse Climate ◽  
Fresh Food ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Greenhouse Vegetable ◽  
Process Computer ◽  
Cucumber Yield

The global population is increasing rapidly, together with the demand for healthy fresh food. The greenhouse industry can play an important role, but encounters difficulties finding skilled staff to manage crop production. Artificial intelligence (AI) has reached breakthroughs in several areas, however, not yet in horticulture. An international competition on “autonomous greenhouses” aimed to combine horticultural expertise with AI to make breakthroughs in fresh food production with fewer resources. Five international teams, consisting of scientists, professionals, and students with different backgrounds in horticulture and AI, participated in a greenhouse growing experiment. Each team had a 96 m2 modern greenhouse compartment to grow a cucumber crop remotely during a 4-month-period. Each compartment was equipped with standard actuators (heating, ventilation, screening, lighting, fogging, CO2 supply, water and nutrient supply). Control setpoints were remotely determined by teams using their own AI algorithms. Actuators were operated by a process computer. Different sensors continuously collected measurements. Setpoints and measurements were exchanged via a digital interface. Achievements in AI-controlled compartments were compared with a manually operated reference. Detailed results on cucumber yield, resource use, and net profit obtained by teams are explained in this paper. We can conclude that in general AI performed well in controlling a greenhouse. One team outperformed the manually-grown reference.

scholarly journals Growth in Vegetable Production and its Decomposition in Karnataka

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Afrin Zainab Bi
Keyword(s):  
Time Series Data ◽  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Nutritional Security ◽  
Cole Crops ◽  
Indian Agriculture

Vegetables are important constituents of Indian agriculture and nutritional security. Along with health benefits, vegetables help in flourishing countries economy, as it provides a great opportunity for income and employment generation for the farming sector. The study has an objective to understand the extent of growth each vegetable experiencing and to derive the major factor for the growth in Karnataka, utilizing time-series data. The total area showed an increasing trend over the period with about 40 % increase in a span of two decades. However, figures for increased production were more appealing than its area, as it has shown 60 % increase. Total production of vegetables in Karnataka has increased from 42 lakh tonnes in 1998-99 to 68 lakh tonnes in 2018-19, with an annual growth rate of 3.9 %. The highest growth in production was observed in onion (7.5% annually) followed by tomato and cole crops. The area effect was the most responsible factor for increasing production of tomato, onion, guards, cole crops and other vegetables group. Thus, in effect for overall vegetables, it is 66 % of the total increased production effect. However, for potato and leafy vegetables, only yield effect was found to be positively contributing to the production.

Horticultural food crops

1986 ◽  
Vol 87 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
C. E. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Horticultural Crops ◽  
Moray Firth ◽  
Soft Fruit

SynopsisIn Scotland horticultural food crops occupy about 1·4% of the tillage land, and contribute about 4% of the total Scottish agricultural output. Climate, soil type and factors such as distance to markets and availability of labour have influenced the location of horticultural crops. This has changed with time, particularly because of the influence of the processing industry. Soft fruit production (3,630 hectares), with raspberries being the dominant crop, is concentrated in the Tayside region; more than 90% of the raspberry crop is processed by pulping (for jam, etc.), freezing or canning. Vegetable production (6,130 hectares) is somewhat more dispersed from the Border region to the Moray Firth; more than half the total area is occupied by peas for canning and freezing. Glasshouse production of tomatoes is now only 25 hectares located mainly in the Clyde Valley.The future for Scottish horticultural food production will continue to be influenced by the requirements of the processing industry, but there is also an increasing outlet for fresh fruit and vegetables in supermarkets. Expansion of the production of horticultural food crops in Scotland depends on the ability of the industry to meet market demands in terms of quality and continuity of supply. Increasing reference to the need for an improved British diet may stimulate the consumption of fruit and vegetables on the home market and there continue to be opportunities for increasing the export of processed and fresh produce. Scotland has the land resources, crop production expertise and processing and marketing facilities to respond to these opportunities.

scholarly journals Trichoderma harzianum Inoculation Reduces the Incidence of Clubroot Disease in Chinese Cabbage by Regulating the Rhizosphere Microbial Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1325
Author(s):  
Junhui Li ◽  
Joshua Philp ◽  
Jishun Li ◽  
Yanli Wei ◽  
Hongmei Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Chinese Cabbage ◽  
Biological Control Agent ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Pathogenic Fungi ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Clubroot Disease ◽  
Rhizosphere Microbial Community

Clubroot is a disease of cruciferous crops that causes significant economic losses to vegetable production worldwide. We applied high-throughput amplicon sequencing technology to quantify the effect of Trichodermaharzianum LTR-2 inoculation on the rhizosphere community of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis cv. Jiaozhou) in a commercial production area. T. harzianum inoculation of cabbage reduced the incidence of clubroot disease by 45.4% (p < 0.05). The disease control efficacy (PDIDS) was 63%. This reduction in disease incidence and severity coincided with a drastic reduction in both the relative abundance of Plasmodiaphora brassicae, the causative pathogen of cabbage clubroot disease, and its copy number in rhizosphere soil. Pathogenic fungi Alternaria and Fusarium were also negatively associated with Trichoderma inoculation according to co-occurrence network analysis. Inoculation drastically reduced the relative abundance of the dominant bacterial genera Delftia and Pseudomonas, whilst increasing others including Bacillus. Our results demonstrate that T. harzianum LTR-2 is an effective biological control agent for cabbage clubroot, which acts through modulation of the soil and rhizosphere microbial community.

Pesticide Use Practices by Market Gardeners in the Santa Area of the North West Region of Cameroon

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
A. N. Abdulai ◽  
C. N. Konje ◽  
Tange Denis Achiri ◽  
D. N. Tarla ◽  
D. Nsobinenyui
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
North West ◽  
Pests And Diseases ◽  
Agronomic Practices ◽  
The North ◽  
Important Pest ◽  
Chi Square Test

Aims: This work aimed at establishing the different Garden crop pests and how farmers use different pesticides to manage these pests. Place and duration of the Work: This work was carried out in Santa from January to March 2013 Methodology: The methodology involved the use of structured questionnaires which were administered to 120 farmers to obtain information on demographics, constraints to successful crop production, general farm system and agronomic practices, knowledge of insect pest problems, types of pesticides used, dosage and rate of application, and different pests crops suffered from. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test. Results: The study indicates that majority of market gardeners in Santa community are males (70%) with ages from 30-39 and most of them are married (76%). Famers worked with relied on pesticides for pest control and did not dispose of empty pesticide containers properly such as throwing on the farm; use as drinking bowls and returned it to the pesticide vendors. Conclusion: This study provides valuable information on the pesticides used in pests and diseases control in vegetable production and health symptoms like stomach disorders, burns, and catarrh experienced by gardeners. A majority (94%) of farmers suffered from serious insect pest attacks on their farms and the most important pest was the cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon) which affected (65%). A majority (96%) of farmers also reported diseases attacks with late blight (Phytophthora infestans) affecting more than four-fifth (81%) of the farms especially in the rainy season.

ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT STATE AND DYNAMICS OF CROP PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (86) ◽  
pp. 130-137
Author(s):  
M.V. Kivarina ◽  
◽  
N.N. Yurina ◽  
◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Grain Production ◽  
Current State ◽  
Production Development ◽  
The Cost

This article presents the results of the analysis of the current state of crop production in Russia, as well as the dynamics of the main indicators of the industry. Crop production occupies a position of primary importance in the agro-industrial complex of the country, since the cost of agricultural products in actual prices amounted to 5348.8 billion rubles in 2018 (according to preliminary data of 2019 – 5907.9 billion rubles), including crop production – 2756.1 billion rubles (3160.0 billion rubles – in 2019) or 51.5% (53.5% in 2019); the index of crop production – 98.5% (in 2019 – 106.1%). The gross grain harvest in 2018 amounted to 113.3 million tons; in the structure of grain production, the largest share belongs to wheat – 63.69% or 72.1 million tons, then barley – 15.00% (16.99 million tons), corn – 10.08% (11.4 million tons), oats – 4.17% (4.7 million tons), rye – 1.69% (1.9 million tons), rice – 0.92% (1.0 million tons), buckwheat – 0.82% (0.9 million tons) and other crops – 7.79% (8.8 million tons). The most favorable situation was with such technical crops as soy and rapeseed. In 2018, record harvests of soybeans and rapeseed were collected – 4026.8 and 1988.7 thousand tons, respectively. The volume of vegetable production in all categories of farms for the period 2014-2018 increased from 12821.02 to 13685.23 thousand tons; the yield and marketability of products also increased. The number of vegetables and melons per population was 76.18 % in 2018.

Use of fabric and compost mulches for vegetable production in a low tillage, permanent bed system: Effects on crop yield and labor

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 146-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.S. Feldman ◽  
C.E. Holmes ◽  
T.A. Blomgren
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Bare Soil ◽  
Weed Suppression ◽  
Polyethylene Film ◽  
First Year ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Red Cabbage ◽  
Total Labor

AbstractWe tested the usefulness of mulching with polypropylene landscape fabric and compost as alternatives to bare soil for growing red cabbage and watermelon. Polypropylene landscape fabric has features similar to the polyethylene film that is popular for commercial vegetable production, but its durability permits multi-year use, which would reduce excessive waste produced from the typical single-season use of polyethylene film. On the other hand, compost used as mulch enhances soil development while providing weed suppression and water retention, among other benefits. Yields of red cabbage and watermelon were measured for 3 years in plots receiving either 10 cm compost, landscape fabric, or no mulch. Labor associated with crop production and weed suppression was measured as time spent on each task. Cabbage yields over 3 years followed the treatment order of compost > no mulch > fabric, while for melon yields it was compost > fabric > no mulch. Total labor required over 3 years for both crops, according to treatments, was fabric > compost > no mulch. However, labor for the fabric-treated plots dropped sharply after the first year, because fabric was left in place after initial placement. Labor for unmulched cabbage plots increased over time due to weeding and transplanting; labor for unmulched and compost-mulched melon plots increased for the same reasons. Compost provided the highest crop yields with a moderate labor investment. Surface-applied compost substantially increased underlying soil nutrient levels. The study indicates that polypropylene landscape fabric may be a potential alternative to the more traditional polyethylene film for permanent beds in vegetable production.

Effect of Color Shading Nets on Growth and Nutrient Uptake of Flowering Chinese Cabbage

2012 ◽  
Vol 461 ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Shi Wei Song ◽  
Qiu Yan Yan ◽  
Fei Dong ◽  
Hou Cheng Liu ◽  
Guang Wen Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Nutrient Uptake ◽  
Chinese Cabbage ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Flowering Chinese Cabbage ◽  
Nutrients Uptake ◽  
P Content ◽  
Leaf Vegetable ◽  
Color Shading

The effect of color shading-nets (red net, blue net and silver net) and ordinary black net on plant growth and nutrient uptake of flowering Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis var. utilis Tsen et Lee) were studied, with no net shading as the control. The results indicated that, compared with the control, red net covering increased plant height, leaf area and stem diameter of flowering Chinese cabbage. Red and blue nets covering enhanced the above ground fresh weight, while the silver and black nets covering decreased the above ground fresh weight. Shading net covering significantly improved the nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) content of flowering Chinese cabbage, while it had no significant effect on the phosphorus (P) content. Red and blue nets covering enhanced mineral nutrients uptake, while it was decreased under silver and black nets covering. Red and blue nets covering promoted plant growth and nutrients uptake of flowering Chinese cabbage and could be widely applied in leaf vegetable production.

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