Animal food | fodder | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/ |
Food additives | flavoring | seeds used as spice | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/ |
Fuels | potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol | based on seeds content of high erucic and linolenic acid | Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Genetic variation of Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun) germplasm in western Canada. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:297-312. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722 Note: this study examined genetic diversity of this amphidiploid species (2n=34, BBCC) considered a potential oilseed crop, by comparison with related amphidiploid Brassica juncea (2n=36, AABB), and diploid B. nigra (2n=16, BB) using AFLP polymorphisms; B. carinata was represented by 66 accessions, 12 of which came from the USDA (PI 193460, PI 193467, PI 194903, PI 195552, PI 195921, PI 197403, PI 226545, PI 243913, PI 280637, PI 331377-78, PI 390134); it obtained 296 polymorphic AFLP fragments that revealed that B. carinata with 23% of polymorphic loci was less genetically diverse than the other two species, and that genetic distances had the narrowest ranges; it recognized two accessions (C15 and C66) as the most genetically divergent, suggesting a good breeding value for these two genotypes; additionally, this study identified two accessions (C65 & C66) as genotypes with high oil content and early maturity |
Human food | oil/fat | based on the development of seeds with zero erucic/high oleic acid forms | Warwick, S. I. et al. 2006. Genetic variation of Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun) germplasm in western Canada. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:297-312. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722 Note: this study examined genetic diversity of this amphidiploid species (2n=34, BBCC) considered a potential oilseed crop, by comparison with related amphidiploid Brassica juncea (2n=36, AABB), and diploid B. nigra (2n=16, BB) using AFLP polymorphisms; B. carinata was represented by 66 accessions, 12 of which came from the USDA (PI 193460, PI 193467, PI 194903, PI 195552, PI 195921, PI 197403, PI 226545, PI 243913, PI 280637, PI 331377-78, PI 390134); it obtained 296 polymorphic AFLP fragments that revealed that B. carinata with 23% of polymorphic loci was less genetically diverse than the other two species, and that genetic distances had the narrowest ranges; it recognized two accessions (C15 and C66) as the most genetically divergent, suggesting a good breeding value for these two genotypes; additionally, this study identified two accessions (C65 & C66) as genotypes with high oil content and early maturity |
Human food | vegetable | fide Food Feed Crops US, leaves & stems eaten | Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:100-104. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Medicines | folklore | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/ |