The genus Brassica belongs to the plant family Brassicaceae, which includes many
important crop species that are used as oilseed, condiments, or vegetables throughout the …

Angiosperms form the largest phylum within the Plantae kingdom and show remarkable
genetic variation due to the considerable difference in the nuclear genome size of each …

Brassica oleracea is an important agricultural species encompassing many vegetable crops
including cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and kale; however, it can be susceptible to a variety …

Clubroot is a devastating disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae and results in
severe losses of yield and quality in Brassica crops. Many clubroot resistance genes and …

Background Black rot is a destructive bacterial disease causing large yield and quality
losses in Brassica oleracea. To detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) for black rot resistance, we …

Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) are ubiquitous, non-autonomous
class II transposable elements. Here, we conducted genome-wide comparative analysis of …

Plant MYB transcription factors (TFs) play crucial roles in regulating the biosynthesis of
flavonoids but current analysis on their role in Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim.(ZBM) is far …

Plant molecular breeding is expected to give significant gains in cultivar development
through development and utilization of suitable molecular marker systems for genetic …

Decoding complete genome sequences is prerequisite for comprehensive genomics
studies. However, the currently available reference genome sequences of Brassica rapa (A …

Marker-assisted breeding and tagging of important quantitative trait loci for beneficial traits
are two important strategies for the genetic improvement of plants. However, the scarcity of …