Upland Field Work For Crops & Vegetables Flashcards
There are about _______ species of vegetables cultivated in Japan.
150
In what family does cucumber, melon, watermelon and squash belong to?
Cucurbitaceae
In what family does eggplant, tomato, green pepper and potatoes belong to?
Solanaceae
In what family does onion and welsh onion belong to?
Liliaceae
In what family does lettuce, burdock and shungiku belong to?
Asteraceae
In what family does spinach belongs to?
Chenopodiaceae
In what family does cabbage, chinese cabbage and radish belong to?
Brassicaceae
In what family does carrot belongs to?
Apiaceae
In what family does taro belongs to?
Araceae
In what family does corn belongs to?
Gramineae
In what family does sweet potatoes belong to?
Convolvulaceae
In what family does strawberry belongs to?
Rosaceae
An autumn vegetable used for pickles and an essential ingredient in Japanese Nabe (hot pot).
Chinese cabbage
It has many varieties; leaves with a ball-like head, without a head, crispy etc.
Lettuce
Harvested in 1 and a half to 2 months after sowing. A vegetable that easy to grow.
Spinach
The edible round ball is an overlapping part of the leaf and stem, but it is a root vegetable.
Onion
The enlarge root is the edible part. Grows well even in soil with poor fertility.
Sweet potato
Contains high beta-carotene. Cultivated anywhere in Japan.
Carrot
Crops that serve as feed for livestock are called ______.
Forage crop
Appropriate soil water content ranges from ____ to ____%.
35 to 55
Life span of vegetable seeds such as carrot, corn and spinach.
1 to 2 yrs
Life span of vegetable seeds such as welsh onion, onion, radish, and cabbage.
2 to 3 yrs.
Life span of vegetable seeds such as tomato and eggplant.
3 to 4 yrs.
This kind of seeds is also called seed of filial generation.
F1 seeds
