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Brassica (cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #refs #webs
Species Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. (Chinese Mustard)       4
Species Brassica napus L. (Rape) 2 8 1 35
Species Brassica nigra (L.) Koch (Black Mustard)   7   8
Species Brassica oleracea L. (Cabbages Etc) 7 11 2 100
Species Brassica pekinensis (Chinese Cabbage)       2
Species Brassica rapa L. (Turnip) 2     24

Suggested Literature

General Works

Wiltshire, S.P., 1947 Species of Alternaria on Brassicae

Brassica may also 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:

(live) live is parasitised by colony of sporangium Peronospora parasitica - Brassica Downy Mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of larva Baris laticollis - a 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
is foodplant of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta brassicae - a coelomycete UK/Ireland Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
may be infected and damaged by colony Erwinia carotovora - Bacterial Soft Rot Major Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
has sap sucked by Myzus ascalonicus - Shallot Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Rotheray, G.E., 1989
flower (live) live flower may have larva Melanthrips fuscus - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
flower (live) live flower may have adult Melanthrips fuscus - a thrips (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
flower bud pollen (live) live flower bud pollen is foodplant of larva Meligethes aeneus - Common Pollen Beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
flower bud pollen (live) live flower bud pollen is foodplant of larva Meligethes viridescens - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos green parts (live, discoloured, distorted) live, discoloured, distorted green parts is parasitised by colony Albugo candida - White Blister Or White Rust Of Brassicaceae (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae) UK/Ireland Major Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005
Bailey, A.G., 1989
leaf (live) live leaf is foodplant of larva Thrips tabaci - Onion Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
leaf (live) live leaf is foodplant of adult Thrips tabaci - Onion Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Phaedon cochleariae - a mustard beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by caterpillar Pieris brassicae - Large White Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by dense, wet (honeydew) colony Brevicoryne brassicae - Cabbage Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Major Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Rotheray, G.E., 1989
leaf (live) live leaf are spun by caterpillar Cacoecimorpha pronubana - Carnation Tortrix, Mediterranean Leaf Roller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Major MacLeod, A., 2009
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous Pseudocercosporella anamorph Pseudocercosporella brassicae - Brassica White Spot - Causative Organism (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Minor Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 [causes tiny, more or less circular, white spots with faint purple borders]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria brassicae - a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) UK/Ireland Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola - Brassica Bacterial Leaf Spot (Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae) Major Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 [causes tiny, angular, water-soaked spots which soon dry to dark brown or black]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by web-dwelling hypophyllous, nocturnal, web-inhabiting caterpillar Plutella xylostella - Diamond Backed Moth (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Photos leaf (live, discoloured, distorted) live, discoloured, distorted leaf is parasitised by colony Albugo candida - White Blister Or White Rust Of Brassicaceae (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae) UK/Ireland Major Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005
Bailey, A.G., 1989
leaf (live, distorted) live, distorted leaf has sap sucked by Myzus cerasi - Cherry Blackfly (Homoptera: Aphididae) Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
leaf (live, mottled) live, mottled leaf may be infected and damaged by Turnip Crinkle virus - a phytopathogenic virus UK/Ireland Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 [causes mild mottling]
leaf (live, stunted) live, stunted leaf may be infected and damaged by Cauliflower Mosaic virus - a phytopathogenic virus Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 [causes alternate light and dark green mottling with a narrow dark green band on either side of the midrib]
leaf (live, yellow-blotched) live, yellow-blotched leaf may be infected and damaged by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris - Brassica Black Rot UK/Ireland Major Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
leaf (midrib of larger leaf) leaf (midrib of larger leaf) may contain larva Phytomyza rufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine (end of) leaf-mine (end of) may house puparium Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland 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 larva Phyllotreta atra - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted 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 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) Restricted 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 larva Phyllotreta nigripes - a turnip flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted 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 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) Restricted 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 has sap sucked by hypophyllous nymph Aleyrodes proletella - Cabbage Whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
leaf leaf has sap sucked by hypophyllous adult Aleyrodes proletella - Cabbage Whitefly (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
leaf leaf may have puparium Phytomyza rufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
pod pod is galled by larva Dasineura brassicae - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
root (cysted) cysted root is galled by Heterodera cruciferae - Brassica Cyst Eelworm, Cabbage Cyst Nematode Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
root (live) live root is galled by larva Ceutorhynchus assimilis - Cabbage Seed Weevil, Turnip Gall Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 [causes hollow, bumpy, round galls]
Bullock, J.A., 1992
root (live) live root is parasitised by Olpidium brassicae - a chytridiomycete fungus (Spizellomycetales: Olpidiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [especially when grown in wet soils]
root (swollen, distorted, often fused) swollen, distorted, often fused root is galled by Plasmodiophora brassicae - Club-root Of Cabbage - Causative Organism (Plasmodiophorales: Plasmodiophoraceae) Major Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 ["Club Root, or "Finger-and-toe"]
root root is galled by larva Ceutorhynchus pleurostigma - Cabbage Gall Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 [cultivated spp.]
root root has sap sucked by Smynthurodes betae - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Major 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) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may have puparium Phytomyza rufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972

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

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)

References

Bailey, A.G., 1989 Fungal foes in your garden 6: White Blister
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Fungi of the South East England
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
MacLeod, A., 2009 FERA Pest Risk Analysis for Cacoecimorpha pronubana
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976 Thysanoptera
Rotheray, G.E., 1989 Aphid Predators
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls
Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005 A revision of Albugo (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes)

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