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Brassica napus (canola) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Brassica napus

Common names: canola, rapeseed, oil-seed rape

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Brassicales > Brassicaceae

Roles: habitat component, pollen source, study subject

ITIS TSN: 23060

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 15 | Mentions: 15

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Knowledge graph centered on Brassica napus with 71 nodes and 186 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium.

Publications (15)

Functional morphology of pollen capture in Syrphid flies (Diptera syrphidae): The effects of pile density and body region

2025Role: text_match

Can flowers affect land surface albedo and soil microclimates?

2021International Journal of BiometeorologyRole: text_match

Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> by creating water stressed host plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and altering interactions with ants

2020Arthropod-Plant InteractionsRole: text_match

Snowmelt affects aphid (<i>Aphis asclepladis</i>) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology

2019Role: habitat component

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018Role: pollen source

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant symbionts determine plant performance, the maintenance of diversity, and response to global change

2017Role: study subject

Co-occurring Species

Brassica

Brassicaceae15 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae7 shared papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae7 shared papers

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae6 shared papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae6 shared papers

I. aggregata

6 shared papers

Helianthus

Asteraceae5 shared papers

Hummingbird

5 shared papers

Bombus appositus

Apidae5 shared papers

Bombus impatiens

Apidae5 shared papers

Conflict of interest? Investigating the costs and benefits of herbivore defense using the model plant <i>Boechera stricta</i>

2017Role: text_match

How diploidization turned a tetraploid into a pseudotriploid

2016American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

Evaluating genetic mechanisms and performance characteristics of alternative oilseed crops for on-farm biofuel production in Colorado

2015Digital Collections of Colorado (Colorado State University)Role: text_match

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

2014Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

Plant responses to the joint effects of herbivores and pollinators

2012Role: study subject

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

Asymmetrical pollen success in Ipomopsis (Polemoniaceae) contact sites

2006American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American NaturalistRole: text_match