Brassica rapa
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Brassica rapa (syn. Brassica campestris), commonly known as field mustard or turnip mustard[1] is a plant widely cultivated as a leaf vegetable (see mizuna), a root vegetable, and an oilseed.
ExpandRead about Brassica rapa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Cultivar groups
Cultivated varieties of Brassica rapa include:
- Chinese cabbage: Bok choi (chinensis group) and Napa cabbage (pekinensis group)
- Mizuna (nipposinica group)
- Aburana (nippo-oleifera group)
- Flowering cabbage (parachinensis group)
- Turnip (rapa group)
- Turnip rape (Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera) [2]
- Rapini (ruvo group)
- Tatsoi (rosularis group)
- Komatsuna (perviridis or komatsuna group)
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Brassica rapa. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Brassica rapa QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)