If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page. The plants database includes the following 5 subspecies of brassica oleracea. Apart from their distinctive moderate, smoky taste collard green is a good source of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. Nutrient and phytonutrient profile wholisticmatters. Cauliflower is high in vitamins c and k and is frequently served as a cooked vegetable or used raw in salads and relishes. Interspecific hybridization, polyploidization, and backcross of brassica oleracea var. Brassica species brassica oleracea name synonyms brassica oleracea f.
Brassica oleracea wild cabbage, broccoli, tronchuda cabbage. Purification of an antifungal peptide from seeds of. Bere jatorrizko forma landugabea, basaza edo aza basa, jatorriz europa hegomendebaldeko kostaldekoa da. Brassica oleracea is a plant species that includes many common foods as cultivars, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, brussels sprouts, collard greens, savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles. An experiment was undertaken at the agricultural research field of crops research institute, council for scientific and industrial research csir, kwadaso in ghana, during the. Kale plants have green or purple leaves, and the central leaves do not form a head as with headed cabbage. The plant genome original research genetic diversity and. Brassica cauliflora garsault brassica oleracea subsp.
Pekinensis, tronchuda cabbage brassica oleracea var. We used the illumina 60k brassica snp beadchip array with 52,157 single nucleotide polymorphisms. Contents list of publications 7 abbreviations 11 1 introduction 1. Brassica oleracea name synonyms brassica botrytis l. Collard refers to certain looseleafed cultivars of brassica oleracea, the same species as many common vegetables, including cabbage capitata group and broccoli botrytis group. Plant database entry for collards brassica oleracea var. Harvest cauliflower when the heads are firm and tight often 68 across. Cabbage facts, health benefits and nutritional value. A taxonomic variety within the family brassicaceae leafy green food plants, such as collard greens and kale and decorative forms of kale. Plants profile for brassica oleracea botrytis broccoli. Kohl furchenkohl, westfalischer brassica oleracea var. A hardy plant in its uncultivated form, its high tolerance for salt and lime, and its. Brassica oleracea italica group, commonly called broccoli, is a cool weather vegetable that is grown for harvest of large, tight, terminal heads of green flower buds at the ends of thick edible stems. However, some straight combining of the standing crop is also practiced.
The name literally means without a head in contrast to those varieties known as capitata or with a head. Brassica oleracea, or wild cabbage, is a species of brassica native to coastal southern and western europe its tolerance of salt and lime, and its dislike of competition from other plants, restrict it to limestone sea cliffs, like the chalk cliffs on both sides of the english channel. Brassica oleracea simple english wikipedia, the free. Hosted by the usgs core science analytics and synthesis. Beta, beta vulgaris beetroot, brassica oleracea var. Ideal fur feldreviere, denn bei geringem wilddruck wachst er im 2. They correspond to some old varieties, and some newly developed. Brassica oleracea is a plant species that includes many common foods as cultivars, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, brussels sprouts, collard greens, savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan in its uncultivated form, it is called wild cabbage, and is native to coastal southern and western europe. Genetic transformation in brassica vegetables, especially cabbage b. Abstract various theories exist about the progenitors of b. This is a broad category for leafy cabbages kale, i. The acephala group refers to any type of brassica which grows without the central head typical of many varieties of cabbage. Consensus document on the biology of brassica napus l. Kale is a staple vegetable in healthy diets that contains glucosinolates and a concentrated punch of essential nutrients.
Pdf basic information on vegetables brassica crops researchgate. Brassica tournefortii gouan 10 tt wild turnip brassica nigra l. Pdf neglected landraces of collard brassica oleracea l. Following interspecific hybridization, there are two models for the subsequent evolution of plants. However, insect pest attack is a key contributing factor to its low yield. Description chou cavalier vilmorinandrieux retrieved from s. Sow seeds from mid to late summer in seed trays and transplant seedlings. Relatively recent molecular data have pointed at the wild species growing on the european atlantic cliffs as the closest relatives to all the cultivated. Pdf interspecific hybridization, polyploidization, and. Page designed through the cooperative efforts of interagency itis teams.
Brassica oleracea is a plant species that includes many common foods as cultivars, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, brussels sprouts, collard greens, savoy, kohlrabi, and gai lan in its uncultivated form, it is called wild cabbage, and is native to coastal southern and western europe. Aza landarea brassica oleracea landare espezie bat da, barazki kultibar ugari dituena, horien artean aza bera edo buruaza, brokolia, azalorea, bruselaza eta abar. Bajaj yps, nietsch p 1975 in vitro propagation of red cabbage brassica oleracea l. Brassica oleracea is a widely cultivated vegetable species integral to human diets, with different strains giving rise to many common vegetables, such as ales, cabbages, brussels sprouts, broccoli, kohl rabi and cauliflower. Interspecific hybridization is an important driving force in plant evolution and speciation 1,2,3.
Cauliflower, brassica oleracea, variety botrytis, highly modified form of cabbage in the mustard family brassicaceae, grown for its edible masses of partially developed flower structures and fleshy stalks. Collard is part of the acephala group of the species, which includes kale and spring greens. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under law, including all related and neighboring. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Both are composed of dozens of subspecies encompassing hundreds of varieties and cultivars. Plant database entry for kale brassica oleracea var. Pdf on jan 1, 2011, cartea me and others published basic. Botanically, the cabbage belongs to the brassicaceae family which also includes brussels sprouts, bok choy, cauliflower, kale and broccoli. Pdf domestication, diversity and use of brassica oleracea l. Common name isynonym i other names i brassica oleracea subsp. These are included within the species brassica oleracea, such as kale brassica oleracea var. Neglected landraces of collard brassica oleracea l.