Abstract
Arugula (Eruca sativa Mill., Brassicaceae) is a fast-growing, cool-season crop that flowers under long days and high temperature. Arugula, also known as rocket (English), roquette (French), rucola (Italian), or rughetta (Italian), is a low-growing annual with dull-green, deeply cut leaves. It contains glucosinolates, such as allyl sulfonocyanate, which give this vegetable a distinct spicy, pungent flavor. During the vegetative stage, the leaves of arugula are large and arranged in a rosette. When the plant bolts, it produces a primary stem, which then branches out into secondary and tertiary stems. Stems eventually end up on raceme-type influorescences with small, creamy white flowers. Stems produce leaves at the nodes, which become increasingly smaller from the base to the top of the stem. Leaves are parted, with two major lobes on each side and a larger lobe at the tip.
Date of this Version
10-1-2006
Comments
This is the publisher PDF of Morales, M. R., Maynard, E., & Janick, J. (2006). `Adagio': A Slow-Bolting Arugula. HortScience, 41(6), 1506–1507. The version of record is also available at DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.41.6.1506.