The paleohexaploid crop Brassica rapa harbors an enormous reservoir of morphological
variation, encompassing leafy vegetables, vegetable and fodder turnips (Brassica rapa, ssp …

Abstract Model species continue to underpin groundbreaking plant science research. At the
same time, the phylogenetic resolution of the land plant tree of life continues to improve. The …

There is a wide variation of flowering time among lines of Brassica rapa L. Most B. rapa leafy
(Chinese cabbage etc.) or root (turnip) vegetables require prolonged cold exposure for …

Abstract Background The Brassica B genome is known to carry several important traits, yet
there has been limited analyses of its underlying genome structure, especially in …

Orychophragmus violaceus, referred to as" eryuelan"(February orchid) in China, is an early-
flowering ornamental plant. The high oil content and abundance of unsaturated fatty acids in …

Key message We report first-time synthesis of a stable Brassica allohexaploid. It may evolve
into a new species and also advance our understanding of pairing regulation and genome …

Crop brassicas include three diploid [Brassica rapa (AA; 2 n= 2 x= 16), B. nigra (BB; 2 n= 2
x= 18), and B. oleracea (CC; 2 n= 2 x= 20)] and three derived allotetraploid species. It is …

The unigeneric tribe Heliophileae includes ca. 90 Heliophila species, all endemic to
southern Africa. The tribe is morphologically the most diverse Brassicaceae lineage in every …

Epigenetic gene regulation is crucial to plant life and can involve dynamic interactions
between various histone modifications, DNA methylation, and small RNAs. Detailed analysis …

Many of our current agricultural crops are natural or agricultural hybrids (between two or
more species), or polyploids (containing more than one genome or set of chromosomes) …