Crambe [SEP] parent taxon
Crambe
Crambe is a genus of about 20 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers on (mostly leafless) stems above the basal leaves.
The word "crambe" derives, via the Latin "crambe", from the Greek "κράμβη", a kind of cabbage.
The genus includes among its species:-
- "Crambe
cultivars through selection is difficult to achieve. A new source of variation could be found in the related taxon "Crambe hispanica". Recent efforts are found in the field of gene technology. To overcome the limited genetic variation, gene technology has been used in recent years to improve different important agronomic traits of crambe. Site-directed mutagenesis could be another tool for further improvement of the crop. However, the genetic control of many agronomic traits are unknown, thus the potential for genetic improvement is limited at the moment. Additionally