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Genus of plants of the family Cruciferae. The
most familiar species is the common cabbage
Brassica oleracea with its varieties
broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and brussels
sprouts. In 1990 US experiments in
cross-polinating the wild cabbage Brassica
campestris with related varieties of
cultivated cabbage, turnip, and swede,
produced a new plant having a life cycle of
only five weeks. It is now being used in US
schools to enable pupils to carry out
plant-breeding experiments, which can produce
ten generations in one year.