Lettuce

About Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) belongs to the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is a hardy annual that is easy to cultivate and most often grown for its leaves. It is, however, often plagued on by a number

Plum

About A plum is a fruit that belongs to the subgenus Prunus as well as the genus Prunus . This fruit comes in many species, and taxonomists cannot agree on how many exactly. Depending on who you are a

Asparagus

About The asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis ), or garden asparagus is a seasonal vegetable, only available in spring. It is a flowering, perennial plant species that belongs to the genus Asparagus . I

Cherry

About The Prunus avium , usually referred to as wild cherry, sweet cherry, or gean, is a species of cherry and a flowering plant that belong to the rose family of Rosaceae . Cherries are indigenous to

Leek

Crop Protection in Leek: Thrips Control & Healthy Roots About The vegetable leek is a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum , the broadleaf wild leek. In the past, many different scientific names were used

Potato

About The word ‘potato’ ( S olanum tuberosum ) is used to refer to the plant itself or its edible tuber. The plant is an herbaceous perennial and came to Europe from Latin America in the second half o

Maize

About Maize or corn ( Zea mays subsp. mays ), is a large grain plant that divided in six main types: flint corn, dent corn, popcorn, pod corn, sweet corn and flour corn. Already about 10,000 years ago

Wheat

About Wheat ( Triticum spp., most commonly T. aestivum ) is a cereal grain, but botanically a particular type of fruit referred to as caryopsis. Wheat originates from southwestern Asia, or more specif

Apple

About The apple tree (often named Malus domestica by mistake) is best known for the apple, the tree’s usually sweet and pomaceous fruit. Apples originate from Asia and Europe and were grown there for

Raspberry

About The raspberry ( Rubus idaeus ), also referred to as red raspberry or occasionally as European raspberry to distinguish it from other raspberries, is a red-fruited species of Rubus. This particul