- Brassica carinata
taxobox
name = "Brassica carinata"
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Eudicots
unranked_ordo =Rosids
ordo =Brassicales
familia =Brassicaceae
genus = "Brassica "
species = "B. carinata"
binomial = "Brassica carinata"
binomial_authority =A.Braun |"Brassica carinata" (Ethiopian mustard, Abyssinian mustard) is a member of the
Triangle of U species (U, 1935) in the agriculturally significantBrassica genus. It has 34 chromosomes with genome composition BBCC, and is thought to result from an ancestral hybridisation event between "Brassica nigra " (genome composition BB) and "Brassica oleracea " (genome composition CC) (Prakash and Hinata, 1980). Although "B. carinata" is cultivated as anoilseed crop inEthiopia (Alemayehu and Becker, 2004) it has generally high levels of undesirableglucosinolate s anderucic acid (Getinet et al 1997), making it a poor choice for general cultivation as an oilseed crop in comparison to the closely related "Brassica napus " (canola).[Alemaheyu, N. and Becker, H. (2002), "Genotypic diversity and patterns of variation in a germplasm material of Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun)", "Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution", 49(6):573-582] [Getinet, A., Rakow, G., Raney, J. P. and Downey, R. K.(1997) "Glucosinolate content in interspecific crosses of Brassica carinata with B. juncea and B. napus", "Plant Breeding" 116 (1):39–46] [Prakash, S. and Hinata, K. (1980), "Taxonomy, cytogenetics and origin of crop Brassicas, a review", "Opera Botanica", 55:1-57] [U, N. (1935), "Genome-analysis in Brassica with special reference to the experimental formation of B. napus and peculiar mode of fertilization.", "Japanese Journal of Botany", 7:389-452]
The plant is grown as a
leaf vegetable , with a mild flavor. Named varieties include Texsel, which is particularly adapted to temperate climatescite web|url=http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Brassica+carinata|title="Brassica carinata"|author=Plants for a Future|date=2008-06-10] .References
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