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Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. (Cabbage)

Suggested Literature

Brassica oleracea var. capitata may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Brassica oleracea var. capitata:

Photos green parts, young plant (live) live green parts of young plant is swollen by colony Albugo candida - White Blister Or White Rust Of Brassicaceae (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, concentrically arranged acervulus of Cylindrosporium coelomycetous anamorph Pyrenopeziza brassicae - Light Leaf Spot - Causative Organism (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale leaf spots. "Light Leaf Spot Disease".]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by apothecium Pyrenopeziza brassicae - Light Leaf Spot - Causative Organism (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale leaf spots. "Light Leaf Spot Disease".]
stalk (dead, decaying) dead, decaying stalk is decayed by perithecium Pyxidiophora petchii - an ascomycete (Pyxidiophorales: Pyxidiophoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stalk (decorticated) decorticated stalk is spotted by superficial pycnidium of Diplodiella coelomycetous anamorph Diplodiella brassicae - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stalk (old) old stalk is parasitised by perithecium Arnium olerum - an ascomycete (Sordariales: Lasiosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in cracks in old stalks]
Photos stalk (old) old stalk is decayed by colony of Cephalotrichum dematiaceous anamorph Cephalotrichum purpureofuscum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Microascales: Microascaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered or in small groups perithecium Gibberella cyanogena - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (old) old stem is decayed by synnema of Graphium dematiaceous anamorph Graphium putredinis - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Brassica oleracea var. capitata may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)
Brassica
(cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape)
Brassica oleracea
(Cabbages Etc)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook

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