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BRASSICA RAPA [4 records]

Record 1 2016-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

bird rape: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

OBS

field mustard,wild mustard: common name also used when referring to the species Sinapis arvensis.

Key term(s)
  • field-mustard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

moutarde des oiseaux : nom à privilégier selon l’Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

OBS

moutarde : nom vernaculaire aussi employé pour désigner plusieurs espèces du genre Brassica ou de la famille des Brassicaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
  • Oilseed Crops

French

Domaine(s)
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
  • Culture des plantes oléagineuses
OBS

Nom botanique de la plante :Brassica rapa Linnaeus. Famille botanique : Crucifères. Nom de la matière première : graine de navette; turnip seeds.

OBS

Observation : huile à teneur importante en glycérides de l’acide érucique. Emplois : Mêmes usages que l’huile de colga. Régions de production : Canada, Inde, Orientale, Europe Continentale, Argentine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Substancias grasas (Industria alimentaria)
  • Cultivo de oleaginosas
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Record 3 2006-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oilseed Crops
CONT

The model organism of interest to research at the AAFC [Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada] Saskatoon Research Centre is Arabidopsis thaliana because it is a member of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) and therefore closely related to Brassica including canola (Brassica rapa and B. napus), oilseed mustards (B. nigra, B. juncea and Sinapis alba) and a wide variety of vegetable crops such as brussel sprouts and broccoli (B. oleracea).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes oléagineuses
CONT

L'organisme modèle utilisé en recherche au Centre de recherches de Saskatoon d’AAC [Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada] est Arabidopsis thaliana, une plante de la tribu des Brassicaceae, groupe qui comprend un certain nombre d’espèces cultivées étroitement apparentées, notamment le canola(Brassica rapa et B. napus), les moutardes oléagineuses(B. nigra, B. juncea et Sinapis alba) et toute une variété de plantes légumières comme le chou de Bruxelles et le brocoli(B. oleracea).

OBS

Il existe des variété oléagineuses ou oléifères chez diverses espèces de moutarde, dont B. nigra, B. juncea et Sinapis alba.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oilseed Crops
OBS

Canola derived from the Polish-type rapeseed (B. rapa).

OBS

Source(s): Canadian Food Inspection Agency Decision Document DD98-21.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes oléagineuses
OBS

On cultive deux types de canola : le canola-navette à cycle court(Brassica rapa) et le canola-colza à cycle long(Brassica napus).

Key term(s)
  • canola navette

Spanish

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