Scientists have cracked the problem of pod shatter in brassica crops such as rapeseed or canola. Just before harvest, the pods are prone to shatter, causing a 10-25 percent loss of seeds and up to ...

12/10/24 Kale from Autumn to Spring Kale is one of our tastiest and most versatile brassicas and many, though not all, varieties withstand whatever… ...

Brassica seeds are cold-pressed to remove oils. Immune peptides are isolated from the defatted seed cake via ultrafiltration. The resulting bioactive proteins are spray-dried into a fine powder.

And while I’m on about saving seed, some years ago, we chanced upon a wild brassica growing at the back of a Devon beach, so took a couple of seed pods. Brassica oleracea is the parent of many ...