Characterization and Evaluation of Asian Mustard (Brassica tournefortiiGouan.)-An Endangered Oilseed Crop of Northwestern India

Multiple introductions and population structure during the rapid expansion of the invasive Sahara mustard (Brassica tournefortii)

“…Sahara mustard (Brassica tournefortii; Family: Brassicaceae) is a facultative autogamous (i.e., primarily self-fertilizes but outcrossing is possible) diploid annual that is native to the Mediterranean basin and much of the Middle East into western India (Aldhebiani & Howladar, 2013;Prain, 1898;Thanos, Georghiou, Douma, & Marangaki, 1991). It is a pest species in agriculture fields in parts of its native range and Australia (Ahmed, Fawzy, Saeed, & Awad, 2015;El-Saied, El-Ghamry, Khafagi, Powell, & Bedair, 2015;Salisbury, Potter, Gurung, Mailer, & Williams, 2018), but it also has traditional dietary uses and economic value in regions where it is cultivated (Guarrera & Savo, 2016;Singh, Semwal, & Bhatt, 2015). Sahara mustard is an invasive throughout much of Australia (Chauhan, Gill, & Preston, 2006), South Africa (McGeoch, Kalwij, & Rhodes, 2009), Chile (Teillier, Prina, & Lund, 2014), and more recently, western North America (Li, Dlugosch, & Enquist, 2015).…”