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Old time gardeners are often surprised to learn that the novice isn't aware that beet greens can be eaten. Many novices don't know that not only are beet greens nutritious, they are delicious. This really isn't difficult to understand though, as this delicacy is not found in the local grocery store.
Conventional tillage practices leave soils vulnerable to wind and water erosion. Conservation tillage and cover crops can help to protect soils and crops grown in these soils. New herbicides give farmers a wide array of options to control cover crops and weeds in these systems.
Under the conditions specified, the world record rate.(which still holds) of light-induced ATP forma- tion, approaching 2500 µ moles X mg chl-1 X hr-1 , was attained.