A cruciferous vegetable crop; 2n = 2x = 18. The hybrid of R. sativus and R. raphanistrum appears to have an unusually superior fitness to both parental species and over a few generations drive to extinction the parental forms within a territory (Hegde SG et al 2006 Evolution 60:1187). Raphanobrassica , Brassica oleracea , mustards, fitness
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(2008). Radish (Raphanus sativus). In: Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Informatics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6754-9_14067
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