June 4, 2007 In an exciting vegetable crop breakthrough, researchers have unearthed the genetic secret behind the bright orange cauliflower. The gene enables the cauliflower to build up higher stores of beta-carotene, the precursor to vitamin A that gives carrots their distinctive hue. Copyright 2007 Los Angeles Times Privacy Policy . Terms of Service . Advertise . Home Delivery . Permissions . Contact Partners: Hoy . KTLA . Careerbuilder.com for jobs . Cars.com for autos . Apartments.com...

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Some 30 years ago, a Canadian farmer discovered small orange cauliflower growing in his white cauliflower field. The orange cauliflower has at least 25 times more beta-carotene than white cauliflower, and more than many staple crops. The farmer's curiosity led to decades of cross breeding which finally brought a larger, tastier version of the orange cauliflower to supermarkets. Now, researchers at Cornell University have discovered the genetic mutation that gives the cauliflower its orange...

We often get this question from home gardeners: "Do vegetables crops pollinate?" Gardeners get some oddly shaped, off tasting, poor quality vegetables and are concerned that vegetables may be "crossing," especially cantaloupes and cucumbers. Once a grower understands that a lack of calcium is causing the problem, they automatically assume that their garden must need lime. If you are getting some type of odd looking vegetable, look at your growing conditions. Many growers feel they have a...

The head gardener of the family is Dorothy, whose love for gardening stems from her childhood work in her family s large backyard garden on their farm. They ve planted a lot of perennials, including myrtle, lavender, bee balm, ajuga, coreopsis, yarrow, butterfly weed, butterfly bush, Japanese peony, purple coneflower, astilbe, salvia, veronica, mums, cannas, tulips, iris, phlox, bellflower, daffodil, daylily and honeysuckle climbing a large trellis. They ve planted a lot of perennials,...

Leafy greens are a major industry in this agricultural county. The bureau said almost all growers of leafy greens have committed to a program to inspect farms and implement other safety controls. It is voluntary, but 111 California produce handlers had signed up as of last week, representing nearly 100 percent of the leafy greens grown in the state, according to the state Department of Food and Agriculture. In addition, companies would have had to create tracking systems that could quickly...

There are better places in the market, but those are where you will find the sellers of tomatoes, brinjals, cauliflower, cabbage, all the usual vegetables. What she sells are the gavti or desi vegetables, the lesser regarded local vegetables, mostly native to this region and grown on a small scale in villages or, in some cases, foraged from the wild. They change with the season: sometimes she has bright orange pumpkin flowers, sometimes the creeper with thick fleshy leaves that is called...

The purpose of the advisory committee is to examine the full spectrum of issues the fruit and vegetable industry faces and offer the secretary of agriculture advice on how USDA can tailor its programs to better meet the industry's needs. The Secretary of Agriculture will appoint up to 25 representatives from the country's fruit and vegetable industry to serve two-year terms. The exchange of views and information between the industry and government is intended to improve understanding of...

On top of it, most of the farmers here don't qualify for federal farm subsidies, which Congress awards primarily to growers of corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and other commodity crops in the Midwest and South. It is one of the nation's largest fruit and vegetable trading houses that connect local growers with commercial buyers from as far as Florida, Chicago and Canada and did $60 million in business last year. Courier News Online - Conventional growers feel the pinch. It costs the typical...