Bunching Vegetables 4+

Identify pests, mites, diseases and disorders in bunching vegetable crops

An interactive key and field guide for the identification of insects pests, beneficials, diseases and disorders in Australia.

Sandra McDougall, Andrew Watson, Len Tesoriero, Valerie Draper, Tony Napier and Gerard Kelly.

Bunching vegetables covered by this guide are:

Brassicaceae family
- Leafy brassicas: Gai lan (Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale); Buk choy (Chinese white cabbage; Chinese chard, Bok choy); Pak choy (Shanghai buk choy); Choy sum (Chinese flowering cabbage); Gai choy (Chinese mustard)
- Radishes: Long white radish (Daikon); Radish (globe, oval, and oblong types)
- Broccolini
- Watercress

Amaranthaceae family
- Amaranth (Chinese spinach, En choy)
- English spinach
- Beet (red and silver)

Convolvulaceae family
- Kang kong (Water spinach, Water convolvulus)

Asteraceae family
- Garland chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum greens, Chop-suey-green)

Amaryllidaceae family
- Alliums: Shallot (true); Shallot (Spring onion, Japanese bunching onion, Welsh onion); Leek; Chives; Garlic chives

Apiaceae family
- Parsley
- Dutch carrots
- Celery

Fabaceae (Leguminosae) family
- Snake beans

First published 2017. Published by NSW Department of Primary Industries 2017

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