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Name the descendants of wild cabbage? How were they developed?


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Wild cabbage:

  1. Wild cabbage is cultivated as a food plant.
  2. Artificial selection and natural selection have led to the production of a wide variety of wild cabbage.
  3. The wild cabbages were bred for certain characters, leading to their artificial selection.
  4. Artificial selection was performed based on the characters of the wild cabbage thought suitable for human beings.

Descendants of wild cabbage:

  1. Kohlrabi: Developed from the swollen stem.
  2. Red cabbage: Developed from the colored leaves.
  3. Cabbage: The distance between the leaves was cultivated short in the cabbage.
  4. Kale: The wild cabbage that was cultivated to become leafier.
  5. Cauliflower: The type of wild cabbage with sterile flowers.
  6. Broccoli: The type of wild cabbage with arrested flowers.

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