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spinach

a chenopodiaceous annual plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its dark green edible leaves
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spinach

[′spin·ich]
(botany)
Spinacia oleracea. An annual potherb of Asiatic origin belonging to the order Caryophyllales and grown for its edible foliage.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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However, the farmer must observe pre-harvest interval.Nematodes make spinach wilt, creating brown yellow spots that are visible on the leaves.
Similarly, water spinach after YLB, WB and BB were grown in same size plastic pots, the basic soil quality was clay loam.
They chose to study spinach, which contains comparatively high levels of lutein and is eaten by many people.
It is good to have cooked spinach every day for maximum nutritional benefits.
"Some spinach products distributed to caterers are also implicated."
Then pour your spinach leaves, put salt; stir and cover it to boil.
Spoon the beef mixture into a shallow ovenproof dish, then spoon the spinach mixture over the top.
Spinach, broccoli and strawberries are also important crops in the region.
It was concluded that raised bed system was effective sowing method for spinach production.
However, spinach also contains higher concentrations of oxalic acid than most crops.
ABSTRACT: A field trial was conducted during 2009-10 to investigate the effect of sowing dates and frequency of cuttings on the fresh foliage production of spinach at Sindh Agriculture University, Tando Jam.
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