chenopodiaceae goosefoot family
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Chenopodiaceae Goosefoot Family. Leaves of orach. Organic Seed May 2004. Family characteristics. Pollination-wind Both dioecious and perfect Seed type - cluster and multigerm Seed maturity-indeterminate when 60-70% is mature then harvest windrow and dry seed. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ChenopodiaceaeGoosefoot Family
Organic Seed
May 2004
Leaves of orach
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Family characteristics
Pollination-windBoth dioecious and perfectSeed type - cluster and multigermSeed maturity-indeterminate
when 60-70% is mature then harvest windrow and dry seed
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SpinachSpinacia oleracea L. Origin: Central AsiaDioecious, outcrossing, mainly wind pollinatedImportance: Next to cabbage, spinach is the
most important of the vegetables grown for greens or pot herbs in the U.S.
Season, seeding to harvest: 6 to 8 weeks. Use: As pot herbs; shipped fresh, canned, frozen.
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Teton
Avon Hybrid
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Beet, Mangelwurzel, Sugar Beet, Swiss ChardBeta vulgaris
Origin: Mediterranean, from Greek times
BiennialOutcrossing, perfect
flowers, protandrousWind pollinated
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Harvesting Mangels for feed (Beta vulgaris vulgaris) at Steve’s farm
Mangels of up to 63 lbs were harvested at Lulu Is. BC in 1900 (Stevenson Museum BC)
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A mangel up close
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Swiss chardBeta vulgaris cicla
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Mariquita farm, Hollister CA
Orach, mountain spinachAtriplex hortensisOrigin Mediterranean: Greeks used
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Lamb’s-quartersChenopodium album
WeedLeaves can be eatenSW Native Amer. Seed
groundMonoecious- Male and
female flowers in same plant
Insect or wind pollinated
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Does this look familiar?
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Good King HenryChenopodium bonicus-henricusAlso “fat hen plant” In English GardensPerrenial, hardyOutbreeding
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QuinoaChenopodium quinoa
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Quinoa grain
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Quinoa variability
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Quinoa harvesting
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Nestle interested
in large scale
production of quinoa
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Epizote, boldoChenopodium ambrosiodes
Plants of Hawaii
Weed in Latin AmericaUsed as tea for human
parasitesAnti-nematode properties
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Chenopodium berlandieri
Used by Native Americans, pre corn’s arrival
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Eastern USDomesticatedfour crops1-2000 BC:SquashChenopodium berlandieriSunflowerMarshelder
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AmaranthaceaePigweedsAmaranthus sp.
Www.ipmdavis.ucd.edu
A. retroflexus (redroot)
Male and female flowers on same plant
Outcrossing, wind-pollinated
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Amaranthus Amaranthus hypochondiacusA. cruentusOrigin:Andes