Application of genetics and genomics towards Capsicum translational research

N Ramchiary, M Kehie, V Brahma, S Kumaria… - Plant biotechnology …, 2014 - Springer
Capsicum species commonly known as Chili peppers are economically important group of
plants belonging to the Solanaceae family. Of the 38 species reported, only six species …

Combination of genetic analysis and ancient literature survey reveals the divergence of traditional Brassica rapa varieties from Kyoto, Japan

Y Kawakatsu, T Sakamoto, H Nakayama… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Since ancient times, humans have bred several plants that we rely on today. However, little
is known about the divergence of most of these plants. In the present study, we investigated …

Identification of Novel QTLs for Isolate-Specific Partial Resistance to Plasmodiophora brassicae in Brassica rapa

J Chen, J Jing, Z Zhan, T Zhang, C Zhang, Z Piao - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Plasmodiophora brassicae, the causal agent of clubroot disease of the Brassica crops, is
widespread in the world. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for partial resistance to 4 different …

Diverse regulatory factors associate with flowering time and yield responses in winter-type Brassica napus

S Schiessl, F Iniguez-Luy, W Qian, RJ Snowdon - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background Flowering time, plant height and seed yield are strongly influenced by climatic
and day-length adaptation in crop plants. To investigate these traits under highly diverse …

High density SNP and SSR-based genetic maps of two independent oil palm hybrids

NC Ting, J Jansen, S Mayes, F Massawe… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
Background Oil palm is an important perennial oil crop with an extremely long selection
cycle of 10 to 12 years. As such, any tool that speeds up its genetic improvement process …

Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Candidate Genes for Control of Plant Height, Branch Initiation Height and Branch Number in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)

M Zheng, C Peng, H Liu, M Tang, H Yang, X Li… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Plant architecture is crucial for rapeseed yield and is determined by plant height (PH),
branch initiation height (BIH), branch number (BN) and leaf and inflorescence morphology …

[HTML][HTML] Establishment of a simple and efficient Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation system to Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis)

X Li, H Li, Y Zhao, P Zong, Z Zhan, Z Piao - Horticultural Plant Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Chinese cabbage, belonging to Brassica rapa species, is an important vegetable in Eastern
Asia. It is well known that Chinese cabbage is quite recalcitrant to genetic transformation …

Flowering Time Gene Variation in Brassica Species Shows Evolutionary Principles

SV Schiessl, B Huettel, D Kuehn, R Reinhardt… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Flowering time genes have a strong influence on successful reproduction and life cycle
adaptation. However, their regulation is highly complex and only well understood in diploid …

Root enhancement in cytokinin-deficient oilseed rape causes leaf mineral enrichment, increases the chlorophyll concentration under nutrient limitation and enhances …

E Nehnevajova, E Ramireddy, A Stolz… - BMC plant biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Cytokinin is a negative regulator of root growth, and a reduction of the cytokinin
content or signalling causes the formation a larger root system in model plants, improves …

Homoeologous duplicated regions are involved in quantitative resistance of Brassica napus to stem canker

B Fopa Fomeju, C Falentin, G Lassalle… - Bmc Genomics, 2014 - Springer
Background Several major crop species are current or ancient polyploids. To better describe
the genetic factors controlling traits of agronomic interest (QTL), it is necessary to understand …