[HTML][HTML] De novo design of future rapeseed crops: Challenges and opportunities

S Liu, H Raman, Y Xiang, C Zhao, J Huang, Y Zhang - The Crop Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
To address the global demand for rapeseed while considering farmers' profit, we face the
challenges of making a quantum leap in seed yield and, at the same time, reducing yield …

Understanding Host–Pathogen Interactions in Brassica napus in the Omics Era

TX Neik, J Amas, M Barbetti, D Edwards, J Batley - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Brassica napus (canola/oilseed rape/rapeseed) is an economically important crop, mostly
found in temperate and sub-tropical regions, that is cultivated widely for its edible oil. Major …

Chromosome-Scale Assembly of Winter Oilseed Rape Brassica napus

HT Lee, HS Chawla, C Obermeier, F Dreyer… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Rapeseed (Brassica napus), the second most important oilseed crop globally, originated
from an interspecific hybridization between B. rapa and B. oleracea. After this genome …

High‐throughput phenotyping accelerates the dissection of the dynamic genetic architecture of plant growth and yield improvement in rapeseed

H Li, H Feng, C Guo, S Yang, W Huang… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rapeseed is the second most important oil crop species and is widely cultivated worldwide.
However, overcoming the 'phenotyping bottleneck'has remained a significant challenge. A …

Exploiting High-Throughput Indoor Phenotyping to Characterize the Founders of a Structured B. napus Breeding Population

J Ebersbach, NA Khan, I McQuillan… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Phenotyping is considered a significant bottleneck impeding fast and efficient crop
improvement. Similar to many crops, Brassica napus, an internationally important oilseed …

Application of genomics and transcriptomics to accelerate development of clubroot resistant canola

Q Zhou, L Galindo-González, SF Hwang… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Clubroot, a soil-borne disease caused by the obligate parasite Plasmodiophora brassicae
Woronin, is a threat to canola (Brassica napus L.) production in western Canada. Genetic …

A Modified Meiotic Recombination in Brassica napus Largely Improves Its Breeding Efficiency

F Boideau, A Pelé, C Tanguy, G Trotoux, F Eber… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The selection of varieties more resilient to disease and climate change
requires generating new genetic diversity for breeding. The main mechanism for reshuffling …

Genomic background selection to reduce the mutation load after random mutagenesis

NL Karunarathna, DSR Patiranage, HJ Harloff… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Random mutagenesis is a standard procedure to increase allelic variation in a crop species,
especially in countries where the use of genetically modified crops is limited due to legal …

Integrating QTL mapping and transcriptomics to decipher the genetic architecture of sterol metabolism in Brassica napus L

Y Xiong, G Lu, H Li, J He, S Fan, S Yan… - Horticulture …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Sterols are secondary metabolites commonly found in rapeseed that play crucial
physiological roles in plants and also benefit human health. Consequently, unraveling the …

[HTML][HTML] Resistance strategies for defense against Albugo candida causing white rust disease

S Nirwan, AK Sharma, RM Tripathi, AM Pati… - Microbiological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Albugo candida, the causal organism of white rust, is an oomycete obligate pathogen
infecting crops of Brassicaceae family occurred on aerial part, including vegetable and …