Handbook of Herbs and Spices - Volume 3

372 Handbook of herbs and spices countries, leek plants are transplanted after a nursery period of about 12 weeks. This method p ...

Leek and shallot 373 the pseudostems have a higher length to breadth ratio. Also the degree of blanching increases with density, ...

374 Handbook of herbs and spices 3.5 m high, the best results were obtained with 4 ¥ 1.7 m polyethylene tunnels (Benoit and Ceus ...

Leek and shallot 375 the pure stand by 10%, probably as a result of an optimized exploitation of the resources. The quality of t ...

376 Handbook of herbs and spices wet lesions and may release 10–30 zoospores, while zoospores are formed when the leaves dry up ...

Leek and shallot 377 tunnel mines in the leaf tissue, sometimes causing distortion, and are reported to occasionally attack the ...

378 Handbook of herbs and spices wait until the plants reach 5 cm in diameter to pick the crop. Similar to onions and garlic, gr ...

Leek and shallot 379 Lower LDL cholesterol while raising HDL cholesterol A high intake of Allium vegetables has been shown to re ...

380 Handbook of herbs and spices the same compounds as those active in fresh garlic and onions, they contain them in smaller amo ...

Leek and shallot 381 22.6.2 Marketing Markets usually accept a wide range of stalk sizes. The standard method of packaging leeks ...

382 Handbook of herbs and spices a form of bulbing multiplying onion, differentiated by their smaller size. Originally, they wer ...

Leek and shallot 383 flowering; under such conditions, growing of shallot is advantageous. Thompson and Kelly (1957) reported th ...

384 Handbook of herbs and spices developed there (Currah and Proctor, 1990). In cultivars where flowering can be induced, a cool ...

Leek and shallot 385 January to March, and September to December (Currah and Proctor, 1990). A few plantings are made in August, ...

386 Handbook of herbs and spices relative humidity of the air, proper harvesting and curing practices, well-ventilated or cold s ...

Leek and shallot 387 wat sauce to accompany Injera bread made from wheat flour (Currah and Proctor, 1990). Shallots are also use ...

388 Handbook of herbs and spices BUJALSKI N, NIENOW A M, PETCH G M, DREW R L K and MAUDE R B (1991), ‘The process engineering of ...

Leek and shallot 389 MAURER A R (1982), ‘Time of harvest of leeks’, Res Rev Res Stn Agassiz Bc, Aug.–Nov. 1987, 6–7. MCCOLLUM G ...

390 Handbook of herbs and spices 23.1 Introduction Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) belongs to the family Labiatae (Mint fami ...

Lemon balm 391 spread 0.5–1.0 m across. It is characterised by square stems, lemon-scented and scalloped edge leaves, and flower ...