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Cabbage and turnip aphids feed on members of the cabbage family, including broccoli and kale. They often spend the winter as eggs on wild or cultivated cabbage and mustard family plants. Pull and destroy mustard family weeds near your garden this spring.
Cabbage is from a group of plants known as the cole crops. Cole crops are in the Brassicaceae (mustard) family, formerly called Cruciferae (because their flowers are crossed-shaped).
Rawlings, J. O. (1988) Applied Regression Analysis: A Research Tool. Wadsworth and Brooks/Cole. Example 8.4, page 219. (Rawlings cites the original source as the files of the late Dr Gertrude M Cox.)
Michigan cole crops include broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower. Cole crops are a significant segment of the state s fresh market and processing commodity. Cabbage is a cool-season crop.
name A. R. status other age 30s Question - I believe that the answer you gave to what pigment makes beets red and red cabbage red is incorrect. These plants belong to different families and have different pigments. Red Cabbage is colored by anthocyanins. The pigment in beets is betalane (sp?).
During July 2004, head rot of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitataare) and web-blight of snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) were frequently observed in Dehong district in southern Yunnan Province, China.