Today the major oil producing crops from the Brassicaceae family in the world and Ukraine
are winter rape (Brassica napus oleifera bienis DC) and spring rape (Brassica napus
oleifera annua Metzg.). At present the acreage of these crops in the world is over 40 million
hectares, and in Ukraine there are more than 1 million hectares. Less common crops are
white mustard (Sinapis alba L.) and Chinese mustard (Brassica juncea Gzem.). The world
acreage under the mustard crops is about 3, 0 million hectares (in Ukraine there are about …

In 2007–2019 the species composition of the oil producing cabbage crops pests was
investigated throughout the whole vegetation period by mowing with the entomological
catching net, using the soil traps, the Petliuk box and hand collection. The number of pests
was recorded according to the generally accepted methods. The researches were carried
out on the crops of the oil producing cabbage plants in the fields of the Educational,
Research and Production Centre “Experimental Field” of Kharkiv National Agrarian …