Brassica oleracea var botrytis L.
(Cauliflower)

Interactions where Brassica oleracea var botrytis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
curd (live) Rare live curd is parasitised by colony of sporangium UK/IrelandMajor Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat. Brassica Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat./Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat.brassica downy mildewcolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerlivecurdMajor (1-4)colony of sporangium parasitises live curd
curds (live) live curds is spotted by colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Alternaria brassicae a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicae/Alternaria brassicaea dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organismcolonyAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerlivecurdsMajor colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live curds
inflorescence (live) live inflorescence is spotted by colony Minor Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola Brassica Bacterial Leaf Spot Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceae/Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola/Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicolaBrassica bacterial leaf spotcolony Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerliveinflorescenceMinor colony causes spots on live inflorescence
inflorescence (live) live inflorescence is spotted by hypophyllous, concentrically arranged acervulus of Cylindrosporium coelomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Pyrenopeziza brassicae Brassica Light Leaf Spot Disease - causative organism Helotiales: Dermateaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza brassicae/Pyrenopeziza brassicaeBrassica light leaf spot disease - causative organismhypophyllous, concentrically arrangedacervulusCylindrosporium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerliveinflorescenceMajor hypophyllous, concentrically arranged acervulus of Cylindrosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live inflorescence
leaf (old) (live) live leaf (old) is spotted by hypophyllous, concentrically arranged acervulus of Cylindrosporium coelomycetous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Pyrenopeziza brassicae Brassica Light Leaf Spot Disease - causative organism Helotiales: Dermateaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza brassicae/Pyrenopeziza brassicaeBrassica light leaf spot disease - causative organismhypophyllous, concentrically arrangedacervulusCylindrosporium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerliveleaf (old)Major hypophyllous, concentrically arranged acervulus of Cylindrosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf (old)
leaf (old) (live) live leaf (old) is spotted by apothecium UK/Ireland Pyrenopeziza brassicae Brassica Light Leaf Spot Disease - causative organism Helotiales: Dermateaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza brassicae/Pyrenopeziza brassicaeBrassica light leaf spot disease - causative organismapothecium Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerliveleaf (old) apothecium causes spots on live leaf (old)
leaf (outer) (live, attached) live, attached leaf (outer) may be infected and damaged by pycnidium of Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph Major Mycosphaerella brassicicola Brassica Ring Spot - causative organism Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/Mycosphaerella brassicicolaBrassica ring spot - causative organismpycnidiumAsterostromella coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerlive, attachedleaf (outer)Major pycnidium of Asterostromella coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, attached leaf (outer)
leaf (fallen, dead, outer) fallen, dead, outer leaf is decayed by pseudothecium Major Mycosphaerella brassicicola Brassica Ring Spot - causative organism Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella brassicicola/Mycosphaerella brassicicolaBrassica ring spot - causative organismpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerfallen, dead, outerleafMajor pseudothecium is saprobic on fallen, dead, outer leaf
leaf (live, stunted) live, stunted leaf may be infected and damaged by Cauliflower Mosaic virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Cauliflower Mosaic virus/Cauliflower Mosaic virusa phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerlive, stuntedleaf infects and damages live, stunted leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by dense, wet (honeydew) colony Major Brevicoryne brassicae Cabbage Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brevicoryne brassicae/Brevicoryne brassicaecabbage aphiddense, wet (honeydew)colony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerliveleafMajor (7-)9-10…)dense, wet (honeydew) colony sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) Major live leaf is parasitised by colony of sporangium UK/IrelandMajor Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat. Brassica Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat./Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat.brassica downy mildewcolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerliveleafMajor (1-4)colony of sporangium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Alternaria brassicicola a dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organism Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria brassicicola/Alternaria brassicicolaa dark leaf spot of Brassicas - causative organismamphigenouscolonyAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerliveleaf amphigenous colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by Radish Mosaic virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Radish Mosaic virus/Radish Mosaic virusa phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerliveleaf infects and damages live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by Turnip Mosaic virus a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Turnip Mosaic virus/Turnip Mosaic virusa phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerliveleaf infects and damages live leaf
root (girdled) girdled root may be infected and damaged by Foreign Aphanomyces raphani (A Water Mould) Saprolegniales: Leptolegniaceae Aphanomyces raphani, Hall, G., 1980
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Leptolegniaceae/Aphanomyces raphani/Aphanomyces raphani(a water mould) Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowergirdledroot infects and damages girdled root
root (live) live root may contain larva Delia radicum Cabbage Root Fly Diptera: Anthomyiidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia radicum/Delia radicumcabbage root flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerliveroot larva feeds within live root
root (swollen, distorted, often fused) swollen, distorted, often fused root is galled by Major Plasmodiophora brassicae Club-root or Finger-and-toe Of Cabbage - causative organism Plasmodiophorida: Plasmodiophoridae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Plasmodiophora brassicae/Plasmodiophora brassicaeclub-root or finger-and-toe of cabbage - causative organism Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. botrytis/Brassica oleracea var. botrytiscauliflowerswollen, distorted, often fusedrootMajor causes gall of swollen, distorted, often fused root

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hall, G., 1980Aphanomyces raphaniI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 973.
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society

Brassica oleracea var botrytis (Cauliflower) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietyBrassica oleracea var botrytis (Cauliflower)
SpeciesBrassica oleracea (Cabbages Etc.)
GenusBrassica (cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape)
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Brassica oleracea var botrytis (Cauliflower)

Brassica oleracea var botrytis (Cauliflower) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Brassica oleracea var botrytis (Cauliflower):

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