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AgriMet is an agricultural weather station network, operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, providing evapotranspiration information for irrigation water management in the Pacific Northwest.
Look up farms who grow or raise Broccoli in the Puget Sound region of Western Washington State and read detailed profiles of farms showing hours and days of operation, products offered and maps and directions.
Imported cabbageworm adults are white or yellowishwhite butterflies with black spots on the wings. They first appear in mid April and they continue to be a problem until mid September. They attack headsof cabbages, flowers of broccoli, and curds of cauliflowers making them unmarketable.
Broccoli is a popular vegetable in both fresh and frozen forms and has become a common vegetable in salad bars. Recently it has been found to contain certain substances associated with reducing the risk of cancer. Higher concentrations of the substance are found in seed sprouts than in heads.
Johns Hopkins scientists have found that sulforaphane, a chemical present at high levels in a precursor form in broccoli and related veggies (cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc.
Oakes Irrigation Research Site Carrington Research Extension Center * North Dakota State University P.O. Box 531, Oakes, ND 58474-0531, Voice: (701) 742-2189, FAX: (701) 742-2700, email: rgreenla@ndsuext.nodak.
IF YOU'VE ever had an apple tree that wouldn't bear fruit it might have lacked a mate. Plants need lovers too. And even though hermaphroditic plants can (and do) self-pollinate, most shouldn't. Inbreeding often causes recessive abnormalities like the propensity for disease and low seed production.
CORVALLIS - Oregon State University researchers in the Department of Horticulture recently conducted the first research in the Pacific Northwest that documents the effectiveness of planting "insectary" plants to enhance natural enemy populations in a commercial field crop.