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Chard or Swiss chard (/ tʃ ɑːr d / ⓘ; Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, Cicla Group and Flavescens Group) is a green leafy vegetable. In the cultivars of the Flavescens Group, the leaf stalks are large and often prepared separately from the leaf blade ; [ 1 ] the Cicla Group is the leafy spinach beet.
Was grown as a companion for corn (maize) before modern Europeans arrived in the Americas, supposedly increases their production, ants herd aphids onto sunflowers, keeping them off neighboring plants. Works as a trap plant for thrips keeping them off of bell peppers. [70] Planting near swan plants help sunflowers grow rapidly. Swan plant
Flavescens Group, [12] swiss chard (Syn. B. v. subsp. v. convar. cicla. var. flavescens) [13] - Chard leaves have thick and fleshy midribs. Both the midribs and the leaf blades are used as vegetables, often in separate dishes. Some cultivars are also grown ornamentally for their coloured midribs. The thickened midribs are thought to have arisen ...
The statement "The word "Swiss" was used to distinguish chard from French spinach varieties by 19th century seed catalogue publishers." is not the correct history of the Swiss name. Please cite the reference. Tzigrrl 22:22, 17 May 2014 (UTC) I removed a statement that the vegetable is a coastal plant native to Sicily.
Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are one of the three most economically damaging genera of plant-parasitic nematodes on horticultural and field crops.Root-knot nematodes are distributed worldwide, and are obligate parasites of the roots of thousands of plant species, including monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous, herbaceous and woody plants.
"Swiss Lady" Pepe Lienhard Band: 8 4 June "Rock Bottom" Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran: 2 18 June "Ma Baker" Boney M. 3 9 July "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" Baccara: 8 3 September "Magic Fly" Space: 2 17 September "Ti amo" Umberto Tozzi: 6 5 November "Ballade pour Adeline" Richard Clayderman: 2 19 November "Belfast" Boney M. 10 1978 [21] 28 January ...
The beetroot (British English) or beet (North American English) is the taproot portion of a Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris plant in the Conditiva Group. [1] The plant is a root vegetable also known as the table beet, garden beet, dinner beet, or else categorized by color: red beet or golden beet. It is also a leaf vegetable called beet greens ...
Chard From an alternative name : This is a redirect from a title that is another name or identity such as an alter ego, a nickname, or a synonym of the target, or of a name associated with the target.