A near‐complete genome assembly of Brassica rapa provides new insights into the evolution of centromeres

L Zhang, J Liang, H Chen, Z Zhang… - Plant biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Brassica rapa comprises many important cultivated vegetables and oil crops. However,
Chiifu v3. 0, the current B. rapa reference genome, still contains hundreds of gaps. Here, we …

The high-quality sequencing of the Brassica rapa 'XiangQingCai' genome and exploration of genome evolution and genes related to volatile aroma

Z Liu, Y Fu, H Wang, Y Zhang, J Han… - Horticulture …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract 'Vanilla'(XQC, brassica variety chinensis) is an important vegetable crop in the
Brassica family, named for its strong volatile fragrance. In this study, we report the high …

Genome-wide analysis reveals the crucial role of lncRNAs in regulating the expression of genes controlling pollen development

N Lohani, AA Golicz, AD Allu, PL Bhalla, MB Singh - Plant Cell Reports, 2023 - Springer
Key message The genomic location and stage-specific expression pattern of many long non-
coding RNAs reveal their critical role in regulating protein-coding genes crucial in pollen …

Differences in pseudogene evolution contributed to the contrasting flavors of turnip and Chiifu, two Brassica rapa subspecies

X Yin, D Yang, Y Zhao, X Yang, Z Zhou, X Sun… - Plant …, 2023 - cell.com
Pseudogenes are important resources for investigation of genome evolution and genomic
diversity because they are nonfunctional but have regulatory effects that influence plant …

Genome-Wide Analysis of the HD-Zip Gene Family in Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) and the Expression Pattern at High Temperatures and in …

L Yin, Y Sun, X Chen, J Liu, K Feng, D Luo, M Sun… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
HD-Zip, a special class of transcription factors in high plants, has a role in plant development
and responding to external environmental stress. Heat stress has always been an important …

Omics-driven utilization of wild relatives for empowering pre-breeding in pearl millet

C Kapoor, Anamika, S Mukesh Sankar, SP Singh… - Planta, 2024 - Springer
Main conclusion Pearl millet wild relatives harbour novel alleles which could be utilized to
broaden genetic base of cultivated species. Genomics-informed pre-breeding is needed to …

Identification of PAL gene in purple cabbage and functional analysis related to anthocyanin synthesis

J Tian, R Xu, K Chang, S Yuan, C Huang, J Wang, S Li… - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Anthocyanin is a characteristic nutrient of purple cabbage, and phenylalanine ammonia-
lyase (PAL) is the rate-limiting enzyme for the synthesis of anthocyanin by the …

Insights into spinach domestication from genome sequences of two wild spinach progenitors, Spinacia turkestanica and Spinacia tetrandra

H She, Z Liu, Z Xu, H Zhang, J Wu, X Wang… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cultivated spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a dioecious species. We report high‐quality
genome sequences for its two closest wild relatives, Spinacia turkestanica and Spinacia …

BL-Hi-C reveals the 3D genome structure of Brassica crops with high sensitivity

L Zhang, R Zhao, J Liang, X Cai, L Zhang… - Horticulture …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract High-throughput Chromatin Conformation Capture (Hi-C) technologies can be used
to investigate the three-dimensional genomic structure of plants. However, the practical …

BjuIR: A multi-omics database with various tools for accelerating functional genomics research in Brassica juncea

L Zhang, J Xiao, C Liang, Y Chen, C Yu, X Zhao… - Plant …, 2024 - cell.com
Advancements in high-throughput omics technologies, along with methodologies for 25
integrating multi-omics datasets, have substantially enhanced the efficiency of 26 identifying …