Sentence examples for crucifer from inspiring English sources

— Eric Asimov New York magazine: Say hello to the $34 cauliflower "steak" at Blue Hill, as the crucifer becomes the latest babied vegetable on New York menus.

And they didn't stop there: This crucifer is also crisp, subtly sweet and utterly tender when eaten fresh-picked, which could lift the pedestrian broccoli into the ranks of the vegetable elite.

Those who hate cabbage -- and there are many who consider this sulfureous crucifer to be the knucklehead of the vegetable kingdom -- would probably view the fruit of Lycurgus's tears as a fate worse than death.

The spring peeper, Pseudacris crucifer, is one of the chorus frogs, so-called because of its joyful song heralding warmer weather and, ahem, the joys of mating.

Known as spring peepers (Pseudacris crucifer), these small, tan tree frogs spend most of their lives in the woods.

That meaning of the pause -- Gee, but I'm being naughty here" -- recently extended to the gardening pages of The New York Times: "The spring peeper, Pseudacris crucifer," croaked Anne Raver in a delightful piece about frogs, "is one of the chorus frogs, so-called because of its joyful song heralding warmer weather and, ahem, the joys of mating".

For example, plants in the cabbage family (crucifers) are characterized by a class of compounds called glucosinolates, and some crucifer-feeding insects have cells that respond only to glucosinolates, often exhibiting greatest sensitivity to the specific glucosinolates that occur in their normal hosts.

Seed treatment with hot water at about 50° C (120° F) is also effective for crucifers, cucurbits, carrot, eggplant, pepper, and tomato.

Rotation with nonhost crops reduces losses caused by wilt of alfalfa, blights of beans and peas, black rot of crucifers, crown gall, and bacterial spot and canker of tomato.

Examples of diseases controlled by this method include bacterial blights of beans and peas, black rot of crucifers, and bacterial spot and canker of tomato.

Drooping, wilting, or death of the aerial plant structure may occur; examples include bacterial wilt of sweet corn, alfalfa, tobacco, tomato, and cucurbits (e.g., squash, pumpkin, and cucumber) and black rot of crucifers.