Brassica napus L. and Sinapis alba L. are two cruciferous species for which some medicinal uses are mentioned in the Iranian, Indian and Chinese traditional medicine. Seed oil of  B. napus has cathartic action, and is either used as such or after partial hydrogenation for cooking, shortening or as margarines. Sees of S. alba have also cathartic action and some other medicinal uses but, beca...

Biodiversity provided by non-crop plants has long been thought to strengthen conservation biological control providing food and habitat for natural enemies. More recently, greater evenness among enemies also suggested promote strong top-down control, but characteristics management strategies that or disrupt predators remain unclear. We examined effects of plants, the activity density invasive i...