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Benincasa hispida also called ash gourd,white gourd, winter gourd, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, winter melon and (Alu) Puhul, is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable when mature. It is the only member of the genus Benincasa. The fruit is covered in a fuzzy coating of fine hairs when young. The immature melon has thick white flesh that tastes sweet. By maturity, the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating, giving rise to the name wax gourd. The wax coating helps to give the fruit a long shelf life. The melon may grow as large as 80 cm in length. It has yellow flowers and broad leaves. The taste is rather bland. It is native to South and Southeast Asia. The wax gourd is widely grown throughout Asia including Java and Japan,the places where it is thought to have originated. . . . #plant_world #biodiversity #sweet #vegetablescience #horticulture (at TNAU) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGwT8IIHuVA/?igshid=qj1seyfoq90l

Potato is one of the most important commercial crops worldwide covering 20 million hectares cropping area. Series of cultivation practices are performed in potato cultivation where dehaulming is considered one of the prime-factors that affect the quality and size of tubers. It is also considered as a key factor in production of healthy potato seed in Seed plot technique methods. Dehaulming practice includes the act of detaching and defoliating the vegetative part lying above the ground of potato plant from the underground tuber. Effect of dehaulming is significantly found in the yield of seed tuber, the post-harvest quality of potato tuber and the disease, pest protection aspect of plants.  . . . #agriculture #horticulture #harvest #vegetablescience #production #vegetables (at Central Potato Research Institute) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGUYSOKH6rN/?igshid=i54ht4re2v5f

The tomato is the edible, often red berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum,commonly known as a tomato plant. The species originated in western South America and Central Mexico. Its domestication and use as a cultivated food may have originated with the indigenous peoples of Mexico. Tomatoes are a significant source of umami flavor.The tomato is consumed in diverse ways, raw or cooked, in many dishes, sauces, salads, and drinks. While tomatoes are fruits—botanically classified as berries. . . . #vegetablescience #fruit #food #nutrition #harvest #gardening (at IIHR) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGE0v5OHiFK/?igshid=e1gbmhd2fz0r

 The yellow colour of the onion(Allium cepa) is due to the presence of anthocyanins and anthoxanthins which belong to the class of Flavonoids. Anthocyanins impart orange, yellow or purple colouration while anthoxanthins impart pale yellow or white colour. These pigments are present in the cell sap and are water soluble. These pigments change their colour with the pH of the medium. Cooking vegetables and fruits brings about many changes in their texture, colouration and flavour Frying the materials using oil makes them undergo certain chemical changes such as caramelisation (conversion of sugars to carbon, water), Maillard reaction (reaction of aminoacids and reducing sugars bringing about suitable flavour) that result in the browning of the food material and also imparting characteristic flavour due to the release of certain chemicals such as diacetyl. . . . #agriculture #horticulture #vegetablescience #plant_world #biodiversity #botany #nature #naturalphotography #fruit #food #study #global #nutrition #healthy #eat #production #agventure007 #agriculturist #harvest #icar (at Mahendergarh, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFjLWLcnVmu/?igshid=1upoi2di2eump

Red pumpkin beetle is oblong, shining and yellowish-red in colour & grubs are creamy white. Beetles make holes in leaves & convert them into a veins skeleton, severe attack causes death of small plants. The gtubs remain into the soil and feed on roots & underground portion of host plants. Spraying of 0.2% carbaryl or endosulfan can control adult and grubs. . . #agriculture #horticulture #vegetablescience #wild #nature #naturalphotography #natural #food #study #global #instadaily #agri #agricultureglobal #agriculturefacts #farm #farmer #farmers #environment #entomology #nematolgy #disease #management #agventure007 #insta #icarjrf (at CCS university) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXCOZ-ndf-/?igshid=yvbnh2r9k3yx

It is a cultivar of wild cabbage. Also known as cabbage turnip because of swollen stem which resembles turnip. Purple varieties are more susceptible to premature bolting. . . . #agriculture #horticulture #vegetablescience #wild #nature #food #kitchen #naturephotography #instaphoto #agventure007 #study #global #agricultureworldwide #worldwide (at Rajasthan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDy_JO_nnrP/?igshid=13zx5svynpf46

Cabbage fractal #chaostheory #repetition #fractal #vegetablescience #cabbage

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