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charlock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | brassica kaber, chadlock, field mustard, sinapis arvensis, wild mustard |
| Type of | mustard |
Examples of charlock
charlock
A single charlock plant carried on growing, triggering concerns that the resistance gene had jumped from the GM crop.
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I would like to correct the misinformation, repeated by Etherington, that charlock and oilseed rape are close relatives.
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But there is not yet proof that it occurred between oilseed rape and the more distantly related charlock, Sinapis arvensis.
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They are in different genera and, more importantly, there is no recorded instance of a hybrid being produced between charlock and any Brassica species.
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But a single charlock plant carried on growing happily, raising fears that the gene for herbicide resistance had crossed over to the charlock and created a herbicide-resistant strain.
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Etherington tells us that transfer of herbicide-resistance genes from genetically modified oilseed rape to charlock is dangerous, but he doesn't explain why.
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- Field mustard: weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields
- Sinapis arvensis is a plant from the family Brassicaceae, it is commonly known as Wild mustard or charlock. A native of Europe, it has also become naturalized, a weed, throughout much of North America.
- An Owsla captain who was chasing Holly, Silver, Buckthorn, and Strawberry when they escaped from Efrafa. He and the few other officers who were with him were run over by a train as they were chasing the Down rabbits.
