brassica

The USDA is conducting research into the viability of non-soybean oil seed crops that could be used a biofuel for airplanes.   One of the researchers David Archer said one of their primary focuses is brassica crops.   “We looked at everything from canola, that typical canola that produces edible oils. Industrial rap...

Black leg came into the Northwest’s canola, turnip and other brassica crops in recent years and this spring WSU researchers found it in approximately 20 sites in Eastern Washington and crops in Northeastern Oregon.   That’s why WSU researchers are reminding growers to be diligently scouting for black leg in any of their brassica crops, particularly in the Columbia Basin to see if the disease has s