Brassicaceae Mustards: Traditional and Agronomic Uses in Australia and New Zealand

Abstract

Commonly cultivated Brassicaceae mustards, namely garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), white mustard (Brassica alba), Ethiopian mustard (B. carinata), Asian mustard (B. juncea), oilseed rape (B. napus), black mustard (B. nigra), rapeseed (B. rapa), white ball mustard (Calepina irregularis), ball mustard (Neslia paniculata), treacle mustard (Erysimum repandum), hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale), Asian hedge mustard (S. orientale), smooth mustard (S. erysimoides) and canola are the major economically important oilseed crops in many countries. Mustards were naturalized to Australia and New Zealand and Australia is currently the second largest exporter of Brassicaceae oilseeds to meet the global demand for a healthy plant-derived oil, high in polyunsaturated fats. Apart from providing edible oil, various parts of these plants and many of their phytochemicals have been used traditionally for both agronomic as well as medicinal purposes, with evidence of their use by early Australian and New Zealand settlers and also the indigenous population. This review provides an overview of the current knowledge of traditional and agronomic uses of Brassicaceae oilseeds and mustards with a focus on their importance in Australia and New Zealand.

White Mustard (Sinapis alba L.) Oil in Biodiesel Production: A Review

“…Indeed, the transesterification of erucic acid provides alkyl esters with great lubricant properties for better engine operation (Issariyakul et al, 2011). Furthermore, white mustard can grow spontaneously on abandoned land or under cultivation, typically in rotation with cereal crops (Falasca and Ulberich, 2011;Rahman et al, 2018). It can also grow on different soil types, is resistant to many diseases and insect pests, and can endure extreme weather conditions without substantial Ali and McKay, 1982Yaniv et al, 1994Singh et al, 2014Sengupta and Bhattacharyya, 1996Issariyakul et al, 2011Nie et al, 2016 Mejia-Garibay et al, 2015…”

“…The white mustard plant-aerial parts, seeds, oil and oil components, and essential oil-has a variety of applications in agriculture, food, and other industries, including medicine, culinary, and phytoremediation. The most important uses for white mustard are intercropping (Farooq et al, 2011;Paulsen, 2011;Rahman et al, 2018), biofumigation (Viuda-Martos et al, 2007;Arriaga-Madrid et al, 2017;Berlanas et al, 2018), phytoremediation (Kos et al, 2003;Jankowski et al, 2014;Popoviciu et al, 2017;Bulak et al, 2018), oilseed crop with high-quality properties (Raney et al, 1995), as a protein and amino acid source (Bell et al, 2000;Sarker et al, 2015), and as a condiment crop (Katepa-Mupondwa et al, 2005). White mustard oil also has many industrial applications, such as the production of bio-polyols for synthesis of rigid polyurethanepolyisocyanurate foams (Paciorek-Sadowska et al, 2018), edible biopolymer films for food packaging (Hendrix et al, 2012), and particle and interior boards, including furniture (Dukarska et al, 2011).…”

“…White mustard has many cropping applications, including edible oilseeds (Raney et al, 1995), fast-growing salads (Rahman et al, 2018), condiments, fodder, and green manure (Krstić et al, 2010). The plant can extract toxic heavy metals from soil (Kos et al, 2003).…”

“…The plant can extract toxic heavy metals from soil (Kos et al, 2003). Young seedling leaves, which are rich in vitamin A, C, and E, are edible as fresh and tasty salad leaves and have a medicinal value to purify blood (Rahman et al, 2018). White mustard seed has significant agronomic value due to its high protein and oil contents and low starch content (Balke and Diosady, 2000).…”

Shifts in Soil Bacterial Communities as a Function of Carbon Source Used During Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation

“…These substrates contain readily labile carbon sources (i.e., sucrose, fructose, glucose, etc. ), but also differ in their overall chemical composition (Saunders, 1985;Del Valle et al, 2006;Teclu et al, 2009;Rahman et al, 2018). Molasses can be characterized as the most labile substrate as its primary component is sucrose (Teclu et al, 2009), whereas rice bran, mustard seed meal, and tomato pomace contain large fractions of less labile forms of carbon (i.e., cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, pectin, fatty acids, etc.)…”