The past decade has seen an observable loss of plant biodiversity which can be attributed to
changing climate conditions, destroying ecosystems to create farmlands and continuous …

Meeting the needs of a growing world population in the face of imminent climate change is a
challenge; breeding of vegetable and oilseed Brassica crops is part of the race in meeting …

Germplasm collections reflect the genetic variability in crops and their wild relatives. Hence,
those genetic resources are tremendously valuable for breeders and researchers, especially …

Plant biodiversity is the foundation of our present-day food supply (including functional food
and medicine) and offers humankind multiple other benefits in terms of ecosystem functions …

Brassica genus and, in general, the Brassicaceae species represent a well-known case of
study for strict interaction of several genomes of different related species, which have played …

Plant diversity sustains all animal life, and the genetic diversity within plants underpins
global food security. This text provides a practical and theoretical introduction to the …

Brassica species have an economic and medicinal importance. Estimation of the amount
and distribution of genetic diversity within Brassica species is essential for establishing …

The aim of conservation of biodiversity and genetic resources is to secure existing genetic
biodiversity while allowing evolution and to build a wide base of genetic resources that meet …

Over the past 70 years, the world has witnessed extraordinary growth in crop productivity,
enabled by a suite of technological advances, including higher yielding crop varieties …

The last two decades have been a period of rapid advancement in our understanding of
plant biology and its related developmental processes. This advancement has been …