The mustard seed plant, first cultivated almost 2000 years BC in the Indus Valley, was originally used by Chinese cooks, who ground the seeds into a paste to serve before meals as an appetite ...

Mustard production starts with the careful ... to remove impurities such as stones, soil, or plant residues. Once cleaned, the seeds are washed with water and dried to ensure cleanliness.

Once thought resistant to invasion, California's deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy species like Saharan mustard. New research shows its spread is disrupting biodiversity and ...

Yet an extract made from the Indian Mustard plant is being hailed as the most important food supplement of the future. Indian Mustard, or brassica juncea, is a little-known member of the broccoli ...

The mustard plant is fully deserving of accolades. For centuries its been used as a food, flavoring and folk remedy. In fact ...

Garlic mustard has been present in Multnomah County for decades, but the hard work of conservationists has kept it from ...

From superstitions, to intermission strategies to energize and recoup, every trick in the book comes out that adds even a mustard seed of hope to a team's physical or mental well being.

Wallace said that invasive plants' seeds can also be dispersed via wind, water, vehicles, boats and birds or other wildlife. Garlic mustard is one of the annual invasive plants that frequently ...

The best method for garlic mustard is pulling before they seed. This is most easily done in the spring when the ground is wet. Then, dispose of the plants in a bag to contain the seeds — do not ...

Garlic mustard, sometimes called poor man’s ... they send up a tall stalk with white flowers and prolific seeds. The plant looks similar to common blue violets and stinging nettle, which ...

UCR ecologist Loralee Larios and her colleagues found that Saharan mustard threatens native plants by overwhelming the desert's natural seed bank. The seed bank -- a reservoir of dormant seeds ...

Saharan mustard, however, overwhelms the bank, producing up to 15,000 seeds per plant. This excess can crowd out native species, reducing their chances of germination in future years. Some members ...