Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is an important oilseed crop in the world. Its productivity is
significantly influenced by numerous abiotic stresses, including cold stress (CS) …

Allopolyploids result from hybridization between different evolutionary lineages coupled with
genome doubling. Homoeologous chromosomes (chromosomes with common shared …

Polyploidy and life-strategy transitions between annuality and perenniality often occur in
flowering plants. However, the evolutionary propensities of polyploids and the genetic bases …

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a phytopathogenic fungus with over 400 hosts including
numerous economically important cultivated species. This contrasts many economically …

Crop production is the primary goal of agricultural activities, which is always taken into
consideration. However, global agricultural systems are coming under increasing pressure …

Highlights•NGS speed and capacity enable over 100 published plant genomes.•
Underserved specialty and orphan crop genomic resources grow due to low cost …

Most diploid organisms have polyploid ancestors. The evolutionary process of
polyploidization is poorly understood but has frequently been conjectured to involve some …

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 …

Commonly cultivated Brassicaceae mustards, namely garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata),
white mustard (Brassica alba), Ethiopian mustard (B. carinata), Asian mustard (B. juncea) …

Background The combination of long reads and long-range information to produce genome
assemblies is now accepted as a common standard. This strategy not only allows access to …