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Brassica (cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. (Chinese Mustard)			2
Species	Brassica napus L. (Rape)	2	8	15
Species	Brassica nigra (L.) Koch (Black Mustard)		7	6
Species	Brassica oleracea L. (Cabbages Etc)	5	11	31
Species	Brassica rapa L. (Turnip)	2		9

Suggested Literature

Brassica may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Brassica:

	(live)	live is parasitised by colony	Peronospora parasitica - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
		is foodplant of larva	Meligethes viridescens - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
		is foodplant of larva	Baris laticollis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
		is foodplant of larva	Ceutorhynchus assimilis - Cabbage Seed Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
		is foodplant of larva	Ceutorhynchus hepaticus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
		is foodplant of larva	Ceutorhynchus pleurostigma - Cabbage Gall Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
		has sap sucked by dense, wet (honeydew) colony	Brevicoryne brassicae - Cabbage Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1989
		has sap sucked by	Myzus ascalonicus - Shallot Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1989
	leaf (live)	live leaf is grazed by larva	Phaedon cochleariae - a mustard beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf (midrib of larger leaf)	leaf (midrib of larger leaf) may contain larva	Phytomyza rufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	leaf-mine (end of)	leaf-mine (end of) may house puparium	Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, whitish, both upper and lower surface]
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Phyllotreta aerea - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Phyllotreta aerea - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Phyllotreta atra - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Phyllotreta atra - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Phyllotreta consobrina - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Phyllotreta consobrina - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Phyllotreta cruciferae - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Phyllotreta cruciferae - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Phyllotreta nemorum - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Phyllotreta nemorum - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Phyllotreta nigripes - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Phyllotreta nigripes - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Phyllotreta striolata - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Phyllotreta striolata - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Phyllotreta undulata - Small Turnip Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Phyllotreta undulata - Small Turnip Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Psylliodes chrysocephala - Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Psylliodes chrysocephala - Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf	leaf may have puparium	Phytomyza rufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	pod	pod is galled by larva	Dasineura brassicae - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	root	root is galled by larva	Ceutorhynchus pleurostigma - Cabbage Gall Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 [cultivated spp.]
	root	root is galled by	Plasmodiophora brassicae - a protozoan slime mould (Plasmodiophorales: Plasmodiophoraceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 ["Club Root, or "Finger-and-toe"]
	root	root is parasitised by	Olpidium brassicae - a fungus (Spizellomycetales: Olpidiaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [especially when grown in wet soils]
	root	root has sap sucked by	Smynthurodes betae - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1989
	stalk (old, dead)	old, dead stalk is decayed by cleistothecium	Perisporium kunzei - an ascomycete		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [lodged in furrows]
	stalk (rotting)	rotting stalk is decayed by effuse colony of Scopulariopsis dematiaceous anamorph	Scopulariopsis brevicaulis - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Microascales: Microascaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on rubbish heaps]
	stem (base)	stem (base) is galled by larva	Ceutorhynchus pleurostigma - Cabbage Gall Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 [cultivated spp.]
	stem (rotting)	rotting stem is decayed by almost sessile or shortly stalked apothecium	Pseudombrophila deerrata - a discomycete (Pezizales: Pyronemataceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	stem	stem may contain larva	Phytomyza rufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	stem	stem may have puparium	Phytomyza rufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972

Brassica may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References