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includes
B. juncea
(mustard, mustard greens, Sichuan vegetable (
zha cai
),
B. oleracea
(cabbage, caulifl ower, Brussels sprouts and others),
B
. napus
(rapeseed) and
B. rapa
(Chinese cabbage, turnips, Japanese mustard spinach (
komatsuna
), potherb mustard
(
mizuna
) and others) (Table
18.2
).
The soil restoration team group included soil and cultivation specialists as well
as specialists in the life cycle assessment of energy production (Rapeseed Project for
Restoring Tsunami-Salt-Damaged Farmland:
http://www.nanohana- tohoku.com/
)
.
Soon after the disaster, the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) called
for project proposals under the Support Program for Emergency R&D Achievements
and Responses to the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster. This prompted the
action by the Graduate School based on the fact that 10,000 ha (revised later to
14,300 ha) of wet rice fi elds had been damaged in Miyagi Prefecture alone. A dam-
age survey of wet rice fi elds in Wakabayashi Ward (Sendai City) was undertaken in
collaboration with the Sendai City municipal government. The survey showed that
Table 18.2
Representative examples of Brassicaceae plants
Genus
Species
Variety
Brassica
B. rapa
chinensis (pak choi), japonica
(mizuna), olerifera (rapeseed),
pekinensis (Chinese cabbage),
perviridis (komatsuna), rapa
(turnip), etc.
B. oteracea
acephala (kale), alboglabra
(Chinese kale), botorytis
(caulifl ower), capitata
(cabbage), gemmifera
(Brussels sprout), italica
(broccoli) etc.
B. nigra
B. napus
napobrassica (rutabaga),
napus (rapeseed)
B. juncea
cernua (mustard), integrifolia,
tumida (Sichuan vegetable)
В. carinata
Arabidopsis
A. thaliana
A. lyrata
Raphanus
R. sativus
(radish)
R. raphanistrum
Sinapis
S. alba
S. arvensis
Alyssum, Capsella, Cardamine,
Diplotaxis, Draba, Eruca, Erucastum,
Eutrema
(Japanese horseradish),
Iberis,
Lepidium, Matthiola, Moricandia,
Nasturtium, Orychophragmus, Rorippa,
Thlaspi, etc.
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