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I'm moving this image here, because the page seems crowded with images, and there is already an image of Iceberg in the taxobox. Pekinensis 21:02, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Do we need a reference for the world record inserted by 69.139.227.87? I haven't been able to confirm the information. Pekinensis 21:16, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I wonder whether this article should mention that "Lamb's lettuce" is not, strictly speaking, a true lettuce, as it belongs to a totally different plant family to familiar varieties such as iceberg? Also, is Chinese leaf really a form of lettuce? I would be interested to hear whether any one can clarify for me whether this, as with other lettuces, is a member of the asterale family (compositae), or belongs (as I seem to recall hearing) to the family of crucifers. ACEO 20:52, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Do you think the second paragraph of "History" was vandalized? Either way, without the citation it should probably be removed. 63.252.64.106 03:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Why the hell would someone vandalize an article on lettuce? -- 71.112.104.213 04:44, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
I will admit, the ClueBot OS is a fine piece of programming for sorting out vandalism, i've seen a fair share of it myself coming from this IP address over a few months and stepped in when I realised there was a block warning in place for any more, but kids will be kids, however strict the school is there will still be the occassional rebellious person. The best we can do is undo the damage that they do and if it's possible try and find out which student did it. On the matter of Lettuce I don't really know much so if this gets removed by ClueBot OS as not contributing then it makes sense to me, I just wanted to give my opinion on this matter. 82.33.215.26 ( talk) 10:58, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
This article should include germination of the lettuce plant from a young age and more information on what lettuces are and how they grow not irellirant information on species and subspecies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.137.246.190 ( talk • contribs)
also, oakleaf (or oak-leaf) lettuce seems to be missing from wikipedia entirely.... 84.97.154.181 19:04, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone have any information about comparing the nutritional value for different types of lettuces (in particular, is Iceberg lettuce anywhere near as nutritional)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.249.203.206 ( talk • contribs)
This is not true at all. Head lettuce is worthless nutritionally, while Romaine lettuce is full of vitamins. Three cups of Romaine lettuce contains 87% RDA of Vitamin A an 10% RDA of iron. ( Cashew 23:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
What sort of citation would you need for this? A citation of someone describing bolted lettuce or a citation of someone associating it with verility?
"As any vegetable gardener will know the lettuce can bolt or surge vertically upwards. This combined with a milky substance they can exude when cut could have been seen as a symbol of the male phallus ejaculating [citation needed]." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.125.160 ( talk) 05:49, 2006 November 22 (UTC)
The article mentions lactucarium, an opium-like substance found in lettuce. Is this in common (I'm in the US) salad lettuce like Romaine and iceberg or only a few species? — Sam 23:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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I read in World Book that lettuce comes from Iran. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.110.221.182 ( talk) 06:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC).
Red leaf lettuce should be describe in the list of varieties. Badagnani 21:08, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
I have removed the History section as copyvio - it is a lift from here. Bridgeplayer 15:34, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
From the trivia section at the bottom: "In the United States, 95% of all head lettuce is grown in California and Arizona." Yet, the map shows lettuce being grown on the east coast of the US. My first thought was that the map shows which countries grow the lettuce, but then why would there be multiple dots within a single country (like the US)? Any ideas on how we could make this more clear? -- Revaaron 17:59, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I inserted a great new picture into the article, which necessitated a wholesale change in the layout. Feel free to shuffle around further if it still doesn't look good.-- Slashme 11:04, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Specifically, it should mention what climate lettuce grows in. 128.95.141.35 ( talk) 19:52, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Lactuce Sativa is the official name of lettuce, Cannabis Sativa of weed. is there something the same about these two? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.85.130.72 ( talk) 23:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
i beilieve that alettuce helps dijest your food as a suplimentary laxidive —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.62.87.26 ( talk) 17:28, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
As Wikipedia is not a how-to manual the growing instructions on the page should really go to Wikibooks Horticulture.-- Charles ( talk) 18:17, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
I know this is a place to discuss the article, not the subject, so I guess I'm skirting on the edge of both here, but: I came here to find out what the "green leaf lettuce" I see in American supermarkets is, and discovered that this article mentions nothing about it. Google has provided me with only very vague results (nutritional information, but not whether it is different from or the same as Romaine, and so on), so I'm wondering if anyone more educated than me could clarify this, and perhaps take the opportunity to improve the article? Matt S. ( talk) 17:45, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Added a Dubious tag to the claim "Both the Romans and Egyptians took advantage of this property by eating lettuce at the end of a meal to induce sleep", until someone comes up with a stronger reference than an organic food and lifestyle website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.155.224.6 ( talk) 04:20, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
The article says that lettuce is "hardy to zone 6". Since lettuce can be grown in much colder zones, I assume that this refers to winter hardiness. Since the plant is almost invariably grown as an annual (does it even have perennial behavior?) is this relevant, and is it important enough to be so high in the article? I'm deciding not and moving this fact lower in the article, but wanted to ask the question. RamblingChicken ( talk) 23:29, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
A belated response: It's not that I disagree, the question is about relevance and/or meaning. To me, "hardy" usually means that the plant can survive a winter and be alive the next spring. Since lettuce finishes its life in two or three months, that definition doesn't seem relevant, so I don't know what "hardiness" means in this context. RamblingChicken ( talk) 07:21, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Why does the section on cultivars not mention iceberg lettuce? While I am here, I could also point out that it does not mention curly leaf or little gem. ACEOREVIVED ( talk) 20:47, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the claim that "Christopher Columbus introduced lettuce to the New World. [1] It seemed suspicious and the source is lightweight to say the least. I found hardly better sources claiming (without support) that he did so on his second voyage. I found nothing to support the idea that if he did, the crop was established from that point on. I have no access to primary sources or even to authoritative secondary sources, but in searching online, I found nothing pre-twentieth century, and nothing substantial post 19th. To my mind this spells Urban Legend and I reckon we need something better than that. JonRichfield ( talk) 15:21, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Dana, I'll review this article. Not only did I eat some in a salad last night, but I plan to grow some in the garden this year ... so I'm a 2X subject matter expert :) Are you planning to take this to FAC sometime? If not, I'll just review with GA criteria in mind. Will have comments up in a few days. Sasata ( talk) 20:47, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, would anybody mind if I butt in to help review a bit? I am planning to work on the almond article in the near future, so I think it would be a good experience for me to participate in the review process of another crop. I'll concede to Sasata's experience on any controversy, of course. Buttonwillowite ( talk) 08:03, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
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Overall it looks really good, and I learned a thing or two about lettuce! I have a PDF file of the lettuce article from The Encyclopedia of Food and Culture which may be helpful to you if you intend to expand the article for an FA nomination. If you would like it, I can email it to you or upload it to a neutral source for you to download. Let me know! Buttonwillowite ( talk) 17:52, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Initial comments from a quick readthrough. I'm going to focus on content for now, as I think the article needs some further expansion to meet criterion 3 (broad coverage). I've just scanned Google Books to get a general idea of what could be added; I'll look through some academic databases soon. Prose and MoS nitpicks will come later. Sasata ( talk) 17:49, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Good work though! Casliber ( talk · contribs) 13:09, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
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In medicine and lore section:
The article mentions that China is the main producer of lettuce - do you know what they use it for? I presume that it is unlikely to be exported since it is perishable. Do they eat salad or cook with it? Not majorly important, but would be nice to include if we can. Otherwise the article looks good! SmartSE ( talk) 14:50, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Final comments
Lettuce contains several defensive compounds, including sesquiterpene lactones, and other natural phenolics such as flavonol and glycosides, which help to protect it against pests; certain varieties contain more than others, and some selective breeding and genetic modification studies have focused on identifying and producing varieties with larger amounts of these compounds for increased pest resistance.[36]
Please return the first fact tag. What you call the florets are the flowers, this is the correct term for a Asteraceae flower. However, what you and the source call a flower is an inflorescence, please find a orrect source.
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You're the one dictating my duties. And you miss the point: if the source gives false information, it is not reliable. And your fight to keep an unreliable source suggests your other sources in this article will be faulty also. I don't demand that you find new sourcing, I simply demand you remove unreliable sourcing, but I will remove it myself. And, I will add a statement to the request for mainpage that I dispute the factual accuracy of this article, and a notice here that I dispute the factual accuracy, you agree it is inaccurate, but refuse to allow the factual inaccuracy to be noted for the reader. Eau ( talk) 15:33, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Okay, I added a disputed tag for the original botany. The Wikipedia article on the Asteraceae would be a helpful starting point for anyone who wants to correct the information. Eau ( talk) 23:23, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
This article contains inaccuracies, and it is based upon sources that contain factual inaccuracies, a source that is being promoted as reliable, when it is clearly not. This, plus the original research discussed above suggest to me that this article should not have been promoted to featured article. There is no mission of an encyclopedia that includes dumbing down the facts to the level of wrong to spair the reader's brain.
While this misinformation remains in the article, the disputed tag should remain on the article.
Featured articles do not have a free pass on spreading misinformation.
Eau ( talk) 15:50, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
So, from what I've drawn from the above, the two concerns are:
If so, although I'm not a specialist in lettuces, I'm not convinced this should prevent a front-page appearance; they seem fairly minor issues to me. Hchc2009 ( talk) 16:45, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
I was asked to examine the issues here (not by Eau), and there are some remaining ones:
I'd be happy to suggest alternative wording if anyone is interested, and look at the rest of the article, but I'm rather cynical about Wikipedia now, so if you're resistant, please let me know up front and I'll go elsewhere.-- Curtis Clark ( talk) 01:47, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Some information in this article is inaccurate and misleading, in particular "In the first years of the 21st century, bagged salad products began to hold a growing portion of the lettuce market, especially in the US. Processed from what was previously waste lettuce not considered acceptable for the fresh market, these products are packaged in a manner that makes them last longer than standard head lettuce after harvest.[44]". I have purchased bagged loose leaf salads (mesclun) in the US in the nineties and it was not considered a waste product, but a high value item. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to research this further, but want to make people aware that the reference under 44 does not reflect the entire truth.
Hskoppek ( talk) 07:35, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
Quite a bit of the info in this article is cited from "Weaver," who I presume is the author of a book, but I can't find a title of the book or anything else about this source. Who is Weaver? And how is it OK to cite him/her so heavily in this article without even proving that he/she (or the source authored by him/her) even exists? Am I missing something? I'm not a regular Wikipedia editor, but I use Wikipedia every day, and if I'm having trouble locating this source, I'm sure many others are, too. 24.252.90.73 ( talk) 16:50, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
Lettuce is now the first foodstuff to be grown and consumed in space. [4] -- ERAGON ( talk) 12:47, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Lactuca sativa - is it "Laktuka" or "Laktusa" or "Lastusa"?
in IPA that would be "ləktuka" or "ləktusa" or "ləstusa" — Preceding unsigned comment added by OsamaBinLogin ( talk • contribs) 01:21, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
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Could you change the name Holland into the Netherlands, since Holland is not an official country nor is it a sovereign entity. Thank you so much. (njsb0971@live.co.uk) 145.130.27.145 ( talk) 19:06, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
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In the Introduction, please replace this sentence:
World production of lettuce and chicory for calendar year 2015 was 26.1 million tonnes, 56% of which came from China.[4]
with this update:
World production of lettuce for calendar year 2017 was 24.9 million tonnes, 53% of which came from China. [5]
This update would also remove the chicory problem: chicory (Cichorium intybus/endivia) is not a variety of lettuce (Lactuca sativa). 31.54.164.24 ( talk) 19:53, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
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In the Introduction, please replace this sentence:
World production of lettuce and chicory for calendar year 2017 was 27 million tonnes, 56% of which came from China.[4]
with this version:
World production of lettuce as of Sep 2019 was 26.78 million tons annually, with China being the top producer and the USA the main exporter. [6]
This would remove the chicory confusion, because chicory (Cichorium intybus/endivia) is not a variety of lettuce (Lactuca sativa). 86.178.174.254 ( talk) 07:04, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
There's a reference to GMO lettuce not "currently" being used. I put a "When" template in there, and it was removed as "unnecessary". I don't feel like having an edit war, so let me ask for consensus: is "currently" really 8 years in the past, in a fast-moving industry like transgenic crops? IAmNitpicking ( talk) 01:35, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
Because of the lettuce shortage, KFC is using cabbage in place of lettuce, so when I saw the Wikipedia article locked due to vandalism, I thought I should mention though officially here in Australia where we have some Yazidi, the Sydney Morning Herald does concur that Yazidi don't eat lettuce, for cultural reasons, but then say "The sect lacks any written text, which helps account for the tall tales explaining its doctrines." Which AFAIK they do have their own Bibles, but the Wikipedia article on Yazidism (which isn't locked due to vandalism like the lettuce article is) mentions 'cabbage' "Many Yazidis consider pork to be prohibited. However, many Yazidis living in Germany began to view this taboo as a foreign belief from Judaism or Islam and not part of Yazidism, and therefore abandoned this rule.[72] Furthermore, in a BBC interview in April 2010, Baba Sheikh, the spiritual leader of all Yazidis, stated that ordinary Yazidis may eat what they want, but the religious clergy refrain from certain vegetables (including cabbage) because "they cause gases".[73]"
With all that's going on, I just wanted to make sure that Wikipedia is consistent in presenting cultures across its articles. I hope you all have a nice day. 49.184.175.53 ( talk) 14:39, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
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Are there sources or papers from paleo-botanists on this plant family? The ancients had to have the primitive species to cultivate from. Does the plant pre-date the Cenozoic? 2603:6080:21F0:6140:281A:EB96:7F92:E3E7 ( talk) 10:08, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
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I'm moving this image here, because the page seems crowded with images, and there is already an image of Iceberg in the taxobox. Pekinensis 21:02, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Do we need a reference for the world record inserted by 69.139.227.87? I haven't been able to confirm the information. Pekinensis 21:16, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I wonder whether this article should mention that "Lamb's lettuce" is not, strictly speaking, a true lettuce, as it belongs to a totally different plant family to familiar varieties such as iceberg? Also, is Chinese leaf really a form of lettuce? I would be interested to hear whether any one can clarify for me whether this, as with other lettuces, is a member of the asterale family (compositae), or belongs (as I seem to recall hearing) to the family of crucifers. ACEO 20:52, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Do you think the second paragraph of "History" was vandalized? Either way, without the citation it should probably be removed. 63.252.64.106 03:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Why the hell would someone vandalize an article on lettuce? -- 71.112.104.213 04:44, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
I will admit, the ClueBot OS is a fine piece of programming for sorting out vandalism, i've seen a fair share of it myself coming from this IP address over a few months and stepped in when I realised there was a block warning in place for any more, but kids will be kids, however strict the school is there will still be the occassional rebellious person. The best we can do is undo the damage that they do and if it's possible try and find out which student did it. On the matter of Lettuce I don't really know much so if this gets removed by ClueBot OS as not contributing then it makes sense to me, I just wanted to give my opinion on this matter. 82.33.215.26 ( talk) 10:58, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
This article should include germination of the lettuce plant from a young age and more information on what lettuces are and how they grow not irellirant information on species and subspecies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.137.246.190 ( talk • contribs)
also, oakleaf (or oak-leaf) lettuce seems to be missing from wikipedia entirely.... 84.97.154.181 19:04, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone have any information about comparing the nutritional value for different types of lettuces (in particular, is Iceberg lettuce anywhere near as nutritional)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.249.203.206 ( talk • contribs)
This is not true at all. Head lettuce is worthless nutritionally, while Romaine lettuce is full of vitamins. Three cups of Romaine lettuce contains 87% RDA of Vitamin A an 10% RDA of iron. ( Cashew 23:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC))
What sort of citation would you need for this? A citation of someone describing bolted lettuce or a citation of someone associating it with verility?
"As any vegetable gardener will know the lettuce can bolt or surge vertically upwards. This combined with a milky substance they can exude when cut could have been seen as a symbol of the male phallus ejaculating [citation needed]." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.125.160 ( talk) 05:49, 2006 November 22 (UTC)
The article mentions lactucarium, an opium-like substance found in lettuce. Is this in common (I'm in the US) salad lettuce like Romaine and iceberg or only a few species? — Sam 23:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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I read in World Book that lettuce comes from Iran. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.110.221.182 ( talk) 06:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC).
Red leaf lettuce should be describe in the list of varieties. Badagnani 21:08, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
I have removed the History section as copyvio - it is a lift from here. Bridgeplayer 15:34, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
From the trivia section at the bottom: "In the United States, 95% of all head lettuce is grown in California and Arizona." Yet, the map shows lettuce being grown on the east coast of the US. My first thought was that the map shows which countries grow the lettuce, but then why would there be multiple dots within a single country (like the US)? Any ideas on how we could make this more clear? -- Revaaron 17:59, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I inserted a great new picture into the article, which necessitated a wholesale change in the layout. Feel free to shuffle around further if it still doesn't look good.-- Slashme 11:04, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Specifically, it should mention what climate lettuce grows in. 128.95.141.35 ( talk) 19:52, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Lactuce Sativa is the official name of lettuce, Cannabis Sativa of weed. is there something the same about these two? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.85.130.72 ( talk) 23:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
i beilieve that alettuce helps dijest your food as a suplimentary laxidive —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.62.87.26 ( talk) 17:28, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
As Wikipedia is not a how-to manual the growing instructions on the page should really go to Wikibooks Horticulture.-- Charles ( talk) 18:17, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
I know this is a place to discuss the article, not the subject, so I guess I'm skirting on the edge of both here, but: I came here to find out what the "green leaf lettuce" I see in American supermarkets is, and discovered that this article mentions nothing about it. Google has provided me with only very vague results (nutritional information, but not whether it is different from or the same as Romaine, and so on), so I'm wondering if anyone more educated than me could clarify this, and perhaps take the opportunity to improve the article? Matt S. ( talk) 17:45, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Added a Dubious tag to the claim "Both the Romans and Egyptians took advantage of this property by eating lettuce at the end of a meal to induce sleep", until someone comes up with a stronger reference than an organic food and lifestyle website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.155.224.6 ( talk) 04:20, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
The article says that lettuce is "hardy to zone 6". Since lettuce can be grown in much colder zones, I assume that this refers to winter hardiness. Since the plant is almost invariably grown as an annual (does it even have perennial behavior?) is this relevant, and is it important enough to be so high in the article? I'm deciding not and moving this fact lower in the article, but wanted to ask the question. RamblingChicken ( talk) 23:29, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
A belated response: It's not that I disagree, the question is about relevance and/or meaning. To me, "hardy" usually means that the plant can survive a winter and be alive the next spring. Since lettuce finishes its life in two or three months, that definition doesn't seem relevant, so I don't know what "hardiness" means in this context. RamblingChicken ( talk) 07:21, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Why does the section on cultivars not mention iceberg lettuce? While I am here, I could also point out that it does not mention curly leaf or little gem. ACEOREVIVED ( talk) 20:47, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the claim that "Christopher Columbus introduced lettuce to the New World. [1] It seemed suspicious and the source is lightweight to say the least. I found hardly better sources claiming (without support) that he did so on his second voyage. I found nothing to support the idea that if he did, the crop was established from that point on. I have no access to primary sources or even to authoritative secondary sources, but in searching online, I found nothing pre-twentieth century, and nothing substantial post 19th. To my mind this spells Urban Legend and I reckon we need something better than that. JonRichfield ( talk) 15:21, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Dana, I'll review this article. Not only did I eat some in a salad last night, but I plan to grow some in the garden this year ... so I'm a 2X subject matter expert :) Are you planning to take this to FAC sometime? If not, I'll just review with GA criteria in mind. Will have comments up in a few days. Sasata ( talk) 20:47, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, would anybody mind if I butt in to help review a bit? I am planning to work on the almond article in the near future, so I think it would be a good experience for me to participate in the review process of another crop. I'll concede to Sasata's experience on any controversy, of course. Buttonwillowite ( talk) 08:03, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Comments by Buttonwillowite ( talk) (Take em or leave em)
:*"Is a significant source"
:*"by the practice"
:*"The religious ties..."
:*"...the plants were most likely contaminated through contact with animal feces"
:*"having some religious symbolism"
Overall it looks really good, and I learned a thing or two about lettuce! I have a PDF file of the lettuce article from The Encyclopedia of Food and Culture which may be helpful to you if you intend to expand the article for an FA nomination. If you would like it, I can email it to you or upload it to a neutral source for you to download. Let me know! Buttonwillowite ( talk) 17:52, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Initial comments from a quick readthrough. I'm going to focus on content for now, as I think the article needs some further expansion to meet criterion 3 (broad coverage). I've just scanned Google Books to get a general idea of what could be added; I'll look through some academic databases soon. Prose and MoS nitpicks will come later. Sasata ( talk) 17:49, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Good work though! Casliber ( talk · contribs) 13:09, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Taxonomy and etymology
Description
Cultivation
Production
Nutrition and health
One final round of nitpicks
In medicine and lore section:
The article mentions that China is the main producer of lettuce - do you know what they use it for? I presume that it is unlikely to be exported since it is perishable. Do they eat salad or cook with it? Not majorly important, but would be nice to include if we can. Otherwise the article looks good! SmartSE ( talk) 14:50, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Final comments
Lettuce contains several defensive compounds, including sesquiterpene lactones, and other natural phenolics such as flavonol and glycosides, which help to protect it against pests; certain varieties contain more than others, and some selective breeding and genetic modification studies have focused on identifying and producing varieties with larger amounts of these compounds for increased pest resistance.[36]
Please return the first fact tag. What you call the florets are the flowers, this is the correct term for a Asteraceae flower. However, what you and the source call a flower is an inflorescence, please find a orrect source.
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You're the one dictating my duties. And you miss the point: if the source gives false information, it is not reliable. And your fight to keep an unreliable source suggests your other sources in this article will be faulty also. I don't demand that you find new sourcing, I simply demand you remove unreliable sourcing, but I will remove it myself. And, I will add a statement to the request for mainpage that I dispute the factual accuracy of this article, and a notice here that I dispute the factual accuracy, you agree it is inaccurate, but refuse to allow the factual inaccuracy to be noted for the reader. Eau ( talk) 15:33, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Okay, I added a disputed tag for the original botany. The Wikipedia article on the Asteraceae would be a helpful starting point for anyone who wants to correct the information. Eau ( talk) 23:23, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
This article contains inaccuracies, and it is based upon sources that contain factual inaccuracies, a source that is being promoted as reliable, when it is clearly not. This, plus the original research discussed above suggest to me that this article should not have been promoted to featured article. There is no mission of an encyclopedia that includes dumbing down the facts to the level of wrong to spair the reader's brain.
While this misinformation remains in the article, the disputed tag should remain on the article.
Featured articles do not have a free pass on spreading misinformation.
Eau ( talk) 15:50, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
So, from what I've drawn from the above, the two concerns are:
If so, although I'm not a specialist in lettuces, I'm not convinced this should prevent a front-page appearance; they seem fairly minor issues to me. Hchc2009 ( talk) 16:45, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
I was asked to examine the issues here (not by Eau), and there are some remaining ones:
I'd be happy to suggest alternative wording if anyone is interested, and look at the rest of the article, but I'm rather cynical about Wikipedia now, so if you're resistant, please let me know up front and I'll go elsewhere.-- Curtis Clark ( talk) 01:47, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Some information in this article is inaccurate and misleading, in particular "In the first years of the 21st century, bagged salad products began to hold a growing portion of the lettuce market, especially in the US. Processed from what was previously waste lettuce not considered acceptable for the fresh market, these products are packaged in a manner that makes them last longer than standard head lettuce after harvest.[44]". I have purchased bagged loose leaf salads (mesclun) in the US in the nineties and it was not considered a waste product, but a high value item. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to research this further, but want to make people aware that the reference under 44 does not reflect the entire truth.
Hskoppek ( talk) 07:35, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
Quite a bit of the info in this article is cited from "Weaver," who I presume is the author of a book, but I can't find a title of the book or anything else about this source. Who is Weaver? And how is it OK to cite him/her so heavily in this article without even proving that he/she (or the source authored by him/her) even exists? Am I missing something? I'm not a regular Wikipedia editor, but I use Wikipedia every day, and if I'm having trouble locating this source, I'm sure many others are, too. 24.252.90.73 ( talk) 16:50, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
Lettuce is now the first foodstuff to be grown and consumed in space. [4] -- ERAGON ( talk) 12:47, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
Lactuca sativa - is it "Laktuka" or "Laktusa" or "Lastusa"?
in IPA that would be "ləktuka" or "ləktusa" or "ləstusa" — Preceding unsigned comment added by OsamaBinLogin ( talk • contribs) 01:21, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
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Could you change the name Holland into the Netherlands, since Holland is not an official country nor is it a sovereign entity. Thank you so much. (njsb0971@live.co.uk) 145.130.27.145 ( talk) 19:06, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
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In the Introduction, please replace this sentence:
World production of lettuce and chicory for calendar year 2015 was 26.1 million tonnes, 56% of which came from China.[4]
with this update:
World production of lettuce for calendar year 2017 was 24.9 million tonnes, 53% of which came from China. [5]
This update would also remove the chicory problem: chicory (Cichorium intybus/endivia) is not a variety of lettuce (Lactuca sativa). 31.54.164.24 ( talk) 19:53, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
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In the Introduction, please replace this sentence:
World production of lettuce and chicory for calendar year 2017 was 27 million tonnes, 56% of which came from China.[4]
with this version:
World production of lettuce as of Sep 2019 was 26.78 million tons annually, with China being the top producer and the USA the main exporter. [6]
This would remove the chicory confusion, because chicory (Cichorium intybus/endivia) is not a variety of lettuce (Lactuca sativa). 86.178.174.254 ( talk) 07:04, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
There's a reference to GMO lettuce not "currently" being used. I put a "When" template in there, and it was removed as "unnecessary". I don't feel like having an edit war, so let me ask for consensus: is "currently" really 8 years in the past, in a fast-moving industry like transgenic crops? IAmNitpicking ( talk) 01:35, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
Because of the lettuce shortage, KFC is using cabbage in place of lettuce, so when I saw the Wikipedia article locked due to vandalism, I thought I should mention though officially here in Australia where we have some Yazidi, the Sydney Morning Herald does concur that Yazidi don't eat lettuce, for cultural reasons, but then say "The sect lacks any written text, which helps account for the tall tales explaining its doctrines." Which AFAIK they do have their own Bibles, but the Wikipedia article on Yazidism (which isn't locked due to vandalism like the lettuce article is) mentions 'cabbage' "Many Yazidis consider pork to be prohibited. However, many Yazidis living in Germany began to view this taboo as a foreign belief from Judaism or Islam and not part of Yazidism, and therefore abandoned this rule.[72] Furthermore, in a BBC interview in April 2010, Baba Sheikh, the spiritual leader of all Yazidis, stated that ordinary Yazidis may eat what they want, but the religious clergy refrain from certain vegetables (including cabbage) because "they cause gases".[73]"
With all that's going on, I just wanted to make sure that Wikipedia is consistent in presenting cultures across its articles. I hope you all have a nice day. 49.184.175.53 ( talk) 14:39, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
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Are there sources or papers from paleo-botanists on this plant family? The ancients had to have the primitive species to cultivate from. Does the plant pre-date the Cenozoic? 2603:6080:21F0:6140:281A:EB96:7F92:E3E7 ( talk) 10:08, 13 February 2024 (UTC)