White mustard Seeds (Sinapis alba)
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White mustard Seeds (Sinapis alba) Price for Package of 90 (0,5g) or 180 (1g) seeds. White mustard ( Sinapis alba) is an  annual plant of the family  Brassicaceae. It is sometimes also referred to as  Brassica alba or  B. hirta. Grown for its seeds, used to make the condiment  mustard, as fodder crop, or as a  green manure, it is now widespread worldwide, although it probably originated in the Mediterranean region. Description White mustard is an annual, growing to 70 cm high with stalkless pinnate leaves, similar to  Sinapis arvensis. Distribution Most common in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, it can be found worldwide. It has been found as far north as Greenland,[2]  and naturalized throughout  Great Britain  and  Ireland. Culinary uses The yellow flowers of the plant produce hairy seed pods, with each pod containing roughly a half dozen seeds. These seeds are harvested just prior to the pods becoming ripe and bursting. White mustard seeds are hard round seeds, usually around 1.0 to 1.5 mm (0.039 to 0.059 in) in diameter,[4]  with a color ranging from beige or yellow to light brown. They can be used whole for pickling or toasted for use in dishes. When ground and mixed with other ingredients, a paste or more standard  condiment  can be produced.  Sinapis alba  is used to make the commonplace yellow table mustard, with additional yellow coloring provided by  turmeric  in some formulations. The seeds contain  sinalbin, which is a  thioglycoside  responsible for their pungent taste. White mustard has fewer  volatile oils  and the flavor is considered to be milder than that produced by  black mustard  seeds. In Greece, the plant's leaves can be eaten during the winter, before it blooms. Greeks call it  vrouves (βρούβα)  or  lapsana (λαψάνα). The blooming season of this plant (February–March) is celebrated with the Mustard Festival, a series of festivities in the wine country of California (Napa and Sonoma Counties). Other uses White mustard is commonly used as a cover and green manure crop in Europe (between UK and Ukraine). A large number of varieties exist, e.g. in  Germany,  Netherlands, mainly differing in lateness of flowering and resistance against white beet-cyst nematode (Heterodera schachtii). Farmers prefer late-flowering varieties, which do not produce seeds, as they may become weeds in the subsequent year. Early vigour is important to cover the soil quickly to suppress weeds and protect the soil against erosion. In rotations with  sugar beets, suppression of the white beet-cyst nematode is an important trait. Resistant white mustard varieties reduce nematode populations by 70-90%.

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