Dave Bevan / Large white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars eating Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaves, with Small white (Pieris rapae) caterpillars, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. September.

Jerry Monkman / Rows of organic Cabbage plants (Brassica oleracea capitata) growing at the Harlow Farm in Westminster, Connecticut River Valley, Vermont, USA. August 2007

Jerry Monkman / Rows of organic Cabbage plants (Brassica oleracea capitata) growing at the Harlow Farm in Westminster, Connecticut River Valley, Vermont, USA. August 2007

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Collecting nuts of Assahi palm tree {Euterpe oleracea} Amazonas, Brazil

Nigel Cattlin / Single small white (Pieris rapae) caterpillar on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars feeding on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) plants damaged, stripped and pecked by Wood pigeon and other birds in vegetable garden. Berkshire, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae) diseased and distorted Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) root.

Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage root fly (Delia radicum), a serious pest of Brassica crops. On Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) leaf. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae) distorted root of a Cabbage (Brassica oleracea). England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) crop wilted due to Clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae) allotment soil infection. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Marsh crane fly (Tipula oleracea) larva / leatherjacket attacking cereal plant, Wheat (Triticum aestivum), at soil level.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white / Cabbage white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars, first instar, newly hatched from eggs. On Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) leaf.

Nigel Cattlin / Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) caterpillars, pests of crucifers, feeding on damaged Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) leaf.

Ernie Janes / Ornamental Kale 'Nagoya white' in garden border.

Ernie Janes / Ornamental Kale 'Nagoya Red' in garden border

Dave Bevan / Large white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars feeding on a Broccoli plant (Brassica oleracea), Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. September.

Dave Bevan / Large white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars feeding on Broccoli plant (Brassica oleracea), Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. September.

Kim Taylor / Brassica shield bug (Eurydema oleracea) mating pair. Surrey, England, UK, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Mating pairs of Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) and red cabbage bug (Eurydema ornatum) mating, Loire river, France, July.

Christophe Courteau / Organic Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) violet form.

Christophe Courteau / Organic Broccoli (Brassica oleracea cymosa)

Rod Williams / Bright-line brown-eye moth (Lacanobia oleracea) green form caterpillar, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London UK October

Mike Read / Wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea) flowering on sea cliffs at Winspit, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK May

Mike Read / Wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea) flowering on sea cliffs at Winspit, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK May

Ernie Janes / Red cabbage 'Primero' (Brassica oleracea capitata) plants in greenhouse.

Pascal Pittorino / Cabbage plants (Brassica oleracea capita) growing in a garden with flowers, Cevennes, Lozere, France, October.

David Kjaer / Crane-fly (Tipula oleracea) on leaf, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Pal Hermansen / Romanesco broccoli (Brassica oleracea) close up, bred by crossing between cauliflower and broccoli

Pal Hermansen / Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra) cross section showing leaf spiral.

Pal Hermansen / Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) yellow form.

Pal Hermansen / Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) purple form.

Paul Hobson / Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, July.

Cyril Ruoso / Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) plants in organic garden tended to by inmates as part of sustainability in prison program, Cedar Creek Corrections Center, Washington

Cyril Ruoso / Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) plants in organic garden tended to by inmates as part of sustainability in prison program, Cedar Creek Corrections Center, Washington

Kim Taylor / Brassica Shield Bug (Eurydema oleracea / ornata) Endemic to Europe including Britain.

Jouan & Rius / Cabbages (Brassica oleracea capitata) growing in vegetable garden, France, June

Jouan & Rius / Cabbage (Brassica oleracea capitata) growing in vegetable garden, France, June

Jouan & Rius / Cabbages (Brassica oleracea capitata) growing in vegetable garden, France, June

Jouan & Rius / Cabbage (Brassica oleracea capitata) growing in a garden, France

Andy Sands / Brassica Bug (Eurydema oleracea) on knapweed. Hertfordshire, England, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Irrigation boom watering seedling Cabbages, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Irrigation boom watering seedling Cabbages, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Organically grown Brussel sprouts (Brassica oleracea) Norfolk, UK, October

Ann & Steve Toon / Organic Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) home grown on domestic vegetable plot, UK, August 2010

Simon Colmer / Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae) caterpillar feeding on cabbage leaf, Sussex, UK

Simon Colmer / Bright-line Brown-eye / Tomato moth (Lacanobia oleracea) caterpillar inside plum tomato. Side of tomato has been cut away to show the feeding chamber the larva creates. Sussex, UK

Jerry Monkman / Organic Cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea capitata) growing at the Harlow Farm in Westminster, Connecticut River Valley, Vermont, USA. August 2007

Jerry Monkman / Organic Cabbage plants (Brassica oleracea capitata) growing at the Harlow Farm in Westminster, Connecticut River Valley, Vermont, USA. August 2007

Gary K. Smith / Female gardener planting out pot grown summer Cabbage plants (Brassica oleracea capitata) variety 'Hispi', in small raised bed, England, UK, May

Nick Upton / Frosted field of Kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) and village of Einhausen at dawn, Hesse, Germany.

Nick Upton / Frosted field of Kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) and village of Einhausen at dawn, Hesse, Germany.

Simon Colmer / Bright-line Brown-eye / Tomato moth (Lacanobia oleracea) larva on unripe plum tomato. England, UK

Simon Colmer / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) eggs on broccoli leaf (Brassica oleracea) England, UK

Simon Colmer / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) eggs on broccoli leaf (Brassica oleracea) England, UK

Simon Colmer / Cabbage whitefly (Aleyrodes proletella) on broccoli leaf (Brassica oleracea) England, UK

Simon Colmer / Cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae) eggs on Broccoli leaf (Brassica oleracea) England, UK

Philippe Clement / Cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea) in vegetable garden, Belgium

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Drip farming cabbages (Brassica oleracea capitata) Barka, Oman. February 2008

Gary K. Smith / Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera), commercially grown crop, view of plants ready for harvest in frosty weather, Norfolk, UK, January.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) field, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Gary K. Smith / Brocolli / calabrese plants {Brassica oleracea} growing in a cold frame in an town garden, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea)

Gary K. Smith / Brussel sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera), England, UK, cutout

Gary K. Smith / Romanescu cauliflowers (Brassica oleracea botrytis)

Bernard Castelein / Daddy long legs / Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) covered in dew, Belgium

Niall Benvie / Daddy long legs / Craneflies {Tipula oleracea} pair mating, Belgium

Jabruson / Cabbage plant {Brassica oleracea capitata} Nairobi, Kenya

Nature Production / Japanese Wood Ant {Formica japonica} searching for nectar in Portulaca {Portulaca oleracea} flower, Japan

Graham Eaton / Daddy long legs / Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) mating, UK

Graham Eaton / Daddy long legs / Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) emerging from chrysalis in the ground, UK

Graham Eaton / Daddy long legs / Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) emerging from chrysalis in the ground, UK

Graham Eaton / Daddy long legs / Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) emerging from chrysalis in the ground, UK

Nature Production / Broccoli / calabrese flowers {Brassica oleracea var. italica} Japan

Gary K. Smith / Organic Cabbages (Brassica oleracea capitata) under wire netting on allotment for protection from birds, Norfolk, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Brassica {Oleracea sp.} in flower, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Brassica {Oleracea sp.} in flower, Spain.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Collecting fruits of Assahi palm tree {Euterpe oleracea} Combu Is, Para, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Preparing juice from Assahi palm tree fruits {Euterpe oleracea} Amazonas, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Collecting nuts of Assahi palm tree {Euterpe oleracea} Amazonas, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Acai palm trees {Euterpe oleracea} Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Climbing Assahi palm tree to harvest nuts {Euterpe oleracea} Combu Is, Brazil

Bernard Castelein / Daddy long legs {Tipula oleracea} mating. Kalmthoutse Heide, Belgium (crane fly)

Bernard Castelein / Daddy long legs cranefly covered in dew drops, Belgium

Jabruson / Villagers and field of cabbages {Brassica oleracea capitata} Parc des Volcans NP, Rwanda

Nick Turner / Harvesting Cabbage plants {Brassica oleracea capitata} UK

Nick Turner / Harvesting Cabbage plants {Brassica oleracea capitata} UK

Nick Turner / Harvesting Brussel sprouts {Brassica oleracea gemmifera} Gloucestershire, UK

Nigel Cattlin / Section through edemas (also known as oedemas / cankers) abiotic swellings on the stem of a purple brussel sprout plant (Brassica oleracea)

Nigel Cattlin / Section through edemas (also known as oedemas / cankers) abiotic swellings on the stem of a purple brussel sprout plant (Brassica oleracea)

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Cabbage (Brassica oleracea), Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado

Premaphotos / Marsh brown-edged tipula crane fly / Daddy longlegs (Tipula oleracea) leatherjacket larva, UK

Nigel Cattlin / Farmer covering Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis) seedlings with polythene, Lincolnshire, UK, April.

Nigel Cattlin / Tractor being used to manually plant Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis) crop in field, Lincolnshire, UK, April.