Recent years have seen a surge in plant genome sequencing projects and the comparison
of multiple related individuals. The high degree of genomic variation observed led to the …

Mustard plants have been widely cultivated and used as spice, medicine and as source of
edible oils. Currently, the use of the seeds of the mustard species Sinapis alba (white …

Brassica species, including crops such as cabbage, turnip and oilseed, display enormous
phenotypic variation. Brassica genomes have all undergone a whole-genome triplication …

Background Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are large groups of hydrophilic
proteins with major role in drought and other abiotic stresses tolerance in plants. In-depth …

Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata) in the Brassicaceae family possesses many excellent
agronomic traits. Here, the high-quality genome sequence of B. carinata is reported …

The prevalence and recurrence of polyploidization in plant species make it one of the most
important evolutionary events in plants, and as a result, polyploidization is an extensively …

Plant genomes demonstrate significant presence/absence variation (PAV) within a species;
however, the factors that lead to this variation have not been studied systematically in …

White lupin (Lupinus albus) is a legume crop that develops cluster roots and has high
phosphorus (P)-use efficiency (PUE) in low-P soils. Here, we assemble the genome of white …

Background Brassica oleracea includes several morphologically diverse, economically
important vegetable crops, such as the cauliflower and cabbage. However, genetic variants …

Transposable element (TE) is prevalent in plant genomes. However, studies on their impact
on phenotypic evolution in crop plants are relatively rare, because systematically identifying …