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The "triangle of U" diagram, showing the genetic relationships among six species of the genus Brassica. Chromosomes from each of the genomes A, B and C are represented by different colours. The triangle of U (/ uː / OO) is a theory about the evolution and relationships among the six most commonly known members of the plant genus Brassica.
Wisconsin Fast Plants is the registered trademark for a cultivar of Brassica rapa, developed as a rapid life-cycle model organism for research and teaching. Wisconsin Fast Plants are a member of the Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae) family, closely related to the turnip and bok choy.
The genus Brassica is known for its important agricultural and horticultural crops and also includes a number of weeds, both of wild taxa and escapees from cultivation. Brassica species and varieties commonly used for food include bok choy , broccoli , cauliflower , cabbage , choy sum , kohlrabi , napa cabbage , rutabaga , turnip and some seeds ...
Tatsoi (Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa [1] or Brassica rapa var. rosularis [2]) is an Asian variety of Brassica rapa grown for greens. Also called tat choy, it is closely related to the more familiar bok choy. This plant has become popular in North American cuisine as well and is now grown throughout the world.
Typical floral diagram of a Brassicaceae (Erysimum "Bowles' Mauve") Flowers may be arranged in racemes, panicles, or corymbs, with pedicels sometimes in the axil of a bract, and few species have flowers that sit individually on flower stems that spring from the axils of rosette leaves. The orientation of the pedicels when fruits are ripe varies ...
The host range of X. campestris pv. raphani is wider than X. campestris pv. campestris and includes Brassica spp., radish, ornamental crucifers like wallflowers and tomato. Symptoms include circular dark spots that later became light brown or gray, sometimes surrounded by a water-soaked halo.
In Scottish and some other English dialects, the word turnip can also refer to rutabagas (North American English), also known as swedes in England, a variety of Brassica napus, which is a hybrid between the turnip, Brassica rapa, and the cabbage. Turnips are generally smaller with white flesh, while rutabagas are larger with yellow flesh.
Rhamphospermum arvense, (syns.Brassica arvensis and Sinapis arvensis) the charlock mustard, field mustard, wild mustard, or just charlock, is an annual or winter annual plant in the family Brassicaceae. [1]