Brassica napus L. is a vegetable oil crop, commonly known as rapeseed (or canola). It is
widely used as a source of oil and protein for food and industrial applications, but also as a …

The discovery of haploids in higher plants led to the use of doubled haploid (DH) technology
in plant breeding. This article provides the state of the art on DH technology including the …

Mineral nitrogen fertilization has improved crop yield over the last century but has also
caused air and water pollution. Reduction of nitrogen inputs and maintaining high yields are …

Brassica napus is one of the most important oil crops in the world, and stem rot caused by
the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum results in major losses in yield and quality. To elucidate …

De novo allopolyploidization in Brassica provides a very successful model for reconstructing
polyploid genomes using progenitor species and relatives to broaden crop gene pools and …

Key message We evaluated genomic selection across five breeding cycles of bread wheat
breeding. Bias of within-cycle cross-validation and methods for improving the prediction …

Key message Simultaneous improvement of protein content and grain yield by index
selection is possible but its efficiency largely depends on the weighting of the single traits …

Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) is a fungal disease of rapeseed/canola that causes significant
seed yield losses and reduces its oil content and quality. In the present study, the reaction of …

Pigeonpea, a tropical photosensitive crop, harbors significant diversity for days to flowering,
but little is known about the genes that govern these differences. Our goal in the current …

Non-destructive biomass estimation of vegetation has been performed via remote sensing
as well as physical measurements. An effective method for estimating biomass must have …