Wild crucifers namely Arabidopsis thaliana, Brassica fruticulosa, B. rugosa, B. spinescens, B. tournefortii, Camelina sativa, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Crambe abysinnica, Cronopus didymus, Diplotaxis assurgens, D. gomez-campoi, D. muralis, D. siettiana, D. tenuisiliqua, Enatharocarpus lyratus, Lepidium sativum and Sinapis alba along with five cultivated Brassica species including B. rapa (BSH-1)...

Canadian isolates of Leptosphaeria maculans, the causal agent of blackleg of crucifers, were examined for genetic relatedness by the random amplified polymorphic DNA assay. DNA polymorphisms amplified with random decamer primers were used to distinguish three groups of isolates. Group 1 contained all isolates of the virulent pathotype, group 2 contained isolates of the avirulent pathotype from ...

Understanding defence pathways of plants is crucial to develop disease-resistant agronomic crops, an important element of sustainable agriculture. For this reason, natural plant defenses such as phytoalexins, involved in protecting plants against microbial pathogens, have enormous biotechnological appeal. Crucifers are economically important plants, with worldwide impact as oilseeds, vegetables...

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, because ...

STEINERNEMATID NEMATODES WERE EVALUATED AGAINST THE THREE MAJOR CRUCIFEROUS INSECT PESTS: the imported cabbageworm Artogeia rapae, the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella, and the cabbage looper Trichoplusia ni. LC(50) values of S. carpocapsae All, S. feltiae UK, S. feltiae 27, and S. riobrave 335 were 18.2, 3.6, 5.7, and 8.3 on A. rapae L(2); 24.5, 2.3, 6.0, and 15.5 on P. xylostella L(3); an...

An effective biological control-integrated pest management (BC-IPM) system that maximizes biological control of Plutella xylostella (L.), Artogeia rapae (L.), and Trichoplusia ni Hubner) has been developed. In the first phase, chemical insecticides were replaced by the judicious use of the microbial insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis; there was an immediate reduction (>50%) in the number of tre...