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Brassica nigra (L.) Koch (Black Mustard)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Brassica nigra 8 June 2004 East Kent England 7

Suggested Literature

Brassica nigra 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 nigra:

(live) live is parasitised by Erysiphe cruciferarum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon cochleariae - a mustard beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Phaedon cochleariae - a mustard beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercosporella anamorph Cercosporella brassicae - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes angular, greyish-white, sometimes brown-bordered or zonate spots]
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Elinora dominiquei - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Elinora flaveola - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952

Brassica nigra 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)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews

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