Sinapis arvensis L.
(Charlock)

Interactions where Sinapis arvensis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
is foodplant of larva Meligethes fulvipes a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes fulvipes/Meligethes fulvipesa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlock larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Meligethes rotundicollis a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes rotundicollis/Meligethes rotundicollisa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlock larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by colony of sporangium UK/Ireland Hyaloperonospora parasitica Brassica Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Hyaloperonospora parasitica/Hyaloperonospora parasiticabrassica downy mildewcolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlocklive (1-4)colony of sporangium parasitises live
(live) live may be infected and damaged by Leptosphaeria maculans Brassica Canker, Black Leg and Dry Rot - causative organism Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria maculans/Leptosphaeria maculansbrassica canker, black leg and dry rot (causative organism) Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlocklive infects and damages live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe cruciferarum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe cruciferarum/Erysiphe cruciferaruma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlocklive parasitises live
flower bud pollen (live) live flower bud pollen is foodplant of larva Meligethes viridescens a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes viridescens/Meligethes viridescensa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlockliveflower bud pollen larva feeds on live flower bud pollen
flower (live) live flower may have larva Melanthrips fuscus a thrips Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips fuscus/Melanthrips fuscusa thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlockliveflower (6-9)larva may be found on live flower
flower (live) live flower may have adult Melanthrips fuscus a thrips Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips fuscus/Melanthrips fuscusa thripsadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlockliveflower (5-9)adult may be found on live flower
green parts (live, discoloured, distorted) live, discoloured, distorted green parts is parasitised by colony Foreign Albugo candida White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae Albuginales: Albuginaceae A revision of Albugo (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes), Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo candida/Albugo candidawhite blister or white rust of Brassicaceaecolony Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlocklive, discoloured, distortedgreen parts (spring, early autumn)colony parasitises live, discoloured, distorted green parts
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo dominiquei a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo (Elinora) dominiquei/Tenthredo (Elinora) dominiqueia sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlockleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo flaveola a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo (Elinora) flaveola/Tenthredo (Elinora) flaveolaa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlockleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live, discoloured, distorted) live, discoloured, distorted leaf is parasitised by colony Foreign Albugo candida White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae Albuginales: Albuginaceae A revision of Albugo (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes), Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo candida/Albugo candidawhite blister or white rust of Brassicaceaecolony Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlocklive, discoloured, distortedleaf (spring, early autumn)colony parasitises live, discoloured, distorted leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph Foreign Mycosphaerella capsellae an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella capsellae/Mycosphaerella capsellaean ascomycetecolonyPseudocercosporella anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlockliveleaf colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf
pod pod is galled by larva Dasineura brassicae a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura brassicae/Dasineura brassicaea gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis arvensis/Sinapis arvensischarlockpod larva causes gall of pod

Sinapis arvensis (Charlock) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Thines, M. & Spring, O., 2005A revision of Albugo (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes)Mycotaxon 92: 443-458.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSinapis arvensis (Charlock)
GenusSinapis (wild mustards)
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiders flowers 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 Sinapis arvensis (Charlock)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Brassica juncea / Sinapis arvensis Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Sinapis arvensis (Charlock) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sinapis arvensis (Charlock):

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