Brassica napus L.
(Rape)

Interactions where Brassica napus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe cruciferarum Brassica Powdery Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe cruciferarum/Erysiphe cruciferarumbrassica powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica napus/Brassica napusrapelive parasitises live
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo atra a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo atra/Tenthredo atraa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica napus/Brassica napusrapeleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph UK/Ireland Mycosphaerella capsellae an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella capsellae/Mycosphaerella capsellaean ascomycetecolonyPseudocercosporella anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica napus/Brassica napusrapeliveleaf colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria brassicae a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicae/Alternaria brassicaea dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organismamphigenouscolonyAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica napus/Brassica napusrapeliveleaf amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
pod pod is galled by larva Dasineura napi a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura napi/Dasineura napia gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica napus/Brassica napusrapepod larva causes gall of pod
root (girdled) girdled root may be infected and damaged by Foreign Aphanomyces raphani (A Water Mould) Saprolegniales: Leptolegniaceae Aphanomyces raphani, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Leptolegniaceae/Aphanomyces raphani/Aphanomyces raphani(a water mould) Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica napus/Brassica napusrapegirdledroot infects and damages girdled root

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hall, G., 1980Aphanomyces raphaniI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 973.
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Brassica napus (Rape) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Brassica napus ssp napobrassica
Rutabaga
Subspecies 5 trophisms
Brassica napus ssp oleifera
Oil-seed Rape
Subspecies 15 trophisms 3 references
Brassica napus ssp rapifera
Swede
Subspecies 20 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBrassica napus (Rape)
GenusBrassica (cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape)
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Brassica napus (Rape)

Brassica napus (Rape) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Brassica napus (Rape):

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