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Broccoli Compound Helps the Body Battle Carcinogens.
Just click on the image to view it larger. Diamondback moth adults [ Picture by T. Quick ] Imported cabbageworm adult [ Picture by W. Cranshaw ] Cabbage looper adult [ Picture by C. Eastman ] Cabbage maggot damage on cabbage [ Picture by C. Eastman ] Diamondback moth larvae and damage on cabbage [
02-M246 Broccoli, Acres Harvested for Sale: 2002 1 Dot = 100 Acres U.S.Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service United States Total 141,533 2002CensusofAgriculture
Those plain white butterflies that are so common in the summer are the adult stage of the imported cabbage worm. Females lay yellow, bullet-shaped eggs on many plants in the mustard family, including brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, swiss chard, kale, and turnips.
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 sprout extract A cruciferous vegetable extract with potential chemopreventive properties. Broccoli sprout extract contains a high amount of sulforaphane, a naturally occurring isothiocyanate.
(b) "floret pieces" means, in the case of broccoli spears, broken florets or parts of florets excluding fragments; and broccoli florets, broken florets or parts of floret smaller than 20 mm measured over the largest dimension of the floret head, excluding fragments.