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.
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Domestication RegionCentral and western Europe 1 Domesticated When (Circa) Era
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Affected By
Source Diamondback Moth (Wikipedia)
Source Heterodera schachtii (Wikipedia)
Source Leptosphaeria maculans (Wikipedia)
Source Reniform Nematode (Wikipedia)
Source Silverleaf Whitefly (Wikipedia)
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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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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.
View the SourceDiamondback Moth (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAffected By: Diamondback Moth, Article textQuote, Affected By: Diamondback Moth, Article text
This is damaging to young seedlings and may disrupt head formation in cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower.
Silverleaf Whitefly (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAffected By: Silverleaf Whitefly, Article textQuote, Affected By: Silverleaf Whitefly, Article text
Common hosts are agricultural crops including tomatoes, squash, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, melons, cotton, carrots, sweet potato, cucumber, and pumpkin, and ornamental plants such as poinsettia, crepe myrtle, garden roses, lantana, and lilies.
Reniform Nematode (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAffected By: Reniform Nematode, Article textQuote, Affected By: Reniform Nematode, Article text
It has a wide host range that includes fruit trees, lentil, cotton, pigeon pea, tea, tobacco, soybean, pineapple, banana, okra, coconut, cabbage, sweet potato, alfalfa, corn, asparagus, palm, cucumber, tomato, squash, cassava, radish, eggplant, guava, melon, chickpea, and ginger.
Leptosphaeria maculans (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Leptosphaeria maculans, Article textQuote, Affected By: Leptosphaeria maculans, Article text
L. maculans infects a wide variety of Brassica crops including cabbage (Brassica oleracea) and oilseed rape (Brassica napus).
Heterodera schachtii (Wikipedia)
Affected By: Heterodera schachtii, Article textQuote, Affected By: Heterodera schachtii, Article text
It infects more than 200 different plants including economically important crops such as sugar beets, cabbage, broccoli, and radish.
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