A leafy vegetable crop, Brassica oleracea, domesticated from a wild cabbage native to the coastal cliffs of southern and western Europe, cultivated by Celtic peoples in Europe by around 1000 BC. Brassica oleracea is notable in agriculture for the range of distinct vegetable crops bred from the same wild species by selecting for different plant parts: cabbage for its terminal leaf bud, broccoli and cauliflower for its flower structures, kale for its leaves, Brussels sprouts for its axillary buds and kohlrabi for its stem, all classified as varieties of one species. China, India and Russia are among the largest modern producers of cabbage itself, grown as a cool-season crop valued for long storage life.
Facts
Domestication RegionCentral and western Europe 1 Domesticated When (Circa) Connections
Associated With
Black rot (Xanthomonas campestris) is a major bacterial disease of cabbage and other brassica crops.
The diamondback moth is considered the most economically damaging pest of cabbage and other brassica crops worldwide.
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1. Cabbage, Wikipedia
Cultivation, History
Nonheading cabbages and kale were probably the first to be domesticated, before 1000 BC, perhaps by the Celts of central and western Europe
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A leafy vegetable crop, Brassica oleracea, domesticated from a wild cabbage native to the coastal cliffs of southern and western Europe, cultivated by Celtic peoples in Europe by around 1000 BC.
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Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of Brassica oleracea, is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads.
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By the 17th and 18th centuries, cabbage was popularised as a staple food in central, northern, and Eastern Europe.
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