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Brassica rapa is a plant species that has been widely cultivated into many forms, including the turnip (a root vegetable), komatsuna, napa cabbage, bomdong, bok choy, and rapini. Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera is an oilseed commonly known as turnip rape , field mustard , bird's rape , and keblock .
campestris (Xcc), is considered the most important and most destructive disease of crucifers, infecting all cultivated varieties of brassicas worldwide. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This disease was first described by botanist and entomologist Harrison Garman in Lexington, Kentucky, US in 1889. [ 3 ]
Brassica (/ ˈ b r æ s ɪ k ə /) is a genus of plants in the cabbage and mustard family (Brassicaceae). The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetables , cabbages , mustard plants , or simply brassicas. [ 2 ]
Xanthomonas campestris is commonly used industrially to produce a water-soluble exo-polysaccharide, known as xanthan gum, from fermentation of carbon sources like glucose. [5] In this process, a preserved culture of the gram-negative bacterium is expanded through growth and then used as an inoculum in bioreactors with liquid growth media .
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.
The turnip or white turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot.Small, tender varieties are grown for human consumption, while larger varieties are grown as feed for livestock.
Rapeseed belongs to the genus Brassica. Brassica oilseed varieties are some of the oldest plants cultivated, with documentation of its use tracing back to India from 4,000 years ago, and use in China and Japan 2,000 years ago. [12]: 55 Its use in Northern Europe for oil lamps is documented to have started since the 13th century. [12]
Brassicaceae (/ ˌ b r æ s ɪ ˈ k eɪ s iː ˌ iː,-s i ˌ aɪ /) or (the older) Cruciferae (/ k r uː ˈ s ɪ f ər i /) [2] is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family.