Spinacia oleracea only. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Ushadi Micromini < [email protected]> wrote: > Gurcharanji > what is the aspinach fresh bundles we get in california? > usha di > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hastate leaves and unisexual flowers are characteristic of Spinacia >> oleracea. I remember, when in one College when I went as examiner and they >> insisted on calling Delhi Palak as Spinacia oleracea, I told them after >> getting frustrated, OK if any student shows flowers as bisexual (as they >> are in Beta vulgaris) I would detect their marks. That did the trick. >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Yes Rawat ji >>> I had tough time telling my colleagues in Delhi in 1975 that what they >>> teach in taxonomy practical classes is not Spinacea oleracea. It is rather >>> Beta vulgaris var. benghalensis now known as var. maritima, Indian spinach >>> or beet leaf. And yesterday in Krishi Vigyan mela were Vilayati Palak >>> (obviously Spinacea oleracea) and three cultivars of Beta vularis var. >>> maritima (as PUSA Palak) were grown together, and Beta vulgaris separately. >>> >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:38 AM, D.S Rawat <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> The true *Spinacia oleracea* var. *oleracea* cultivated in Pantnagar. >>>> It is known as '*Pahadi Palak*' (in Uttarakhand) indicating its >>>> affinity for cooler climate of hills. >>>> Seeds in this cultivated variety have distinct spines. >>>> Most of us now understand that commonly cultivated Palak in warmer >>>> parts of India is not *Spinacia oleracea*. >>>> >>>> Dr D.S.Rawat >>>> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture >>>> & Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
