Monounsaturated fatty acids are straight-chain aliphatic monocarboxylic acids comprising a
unique carbon‑carbon double bond, also termed unsaturation. More than 50 distinct …

Malnutrition has emerged as one of the most serious health issues worldwide. The
consumption of unbalanced diet poor in nutritional quality causes malnutrition which is more …

Nutritional stress is making over two billion world population malnourished. Either our
commercially cultivated varieties of cereals, pulses, and oilseed crops are deficient in …

Brassica juncea is a crucial cultivated mustard species and principal oilseed crop of India
and Madhya Pradesh, grown for diverse vegetables, condiments, and oilseeds. Somaclonal …

The experiment was conducted at Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya,
Gwalior, India to evaluate variability among 188 Indian mustard genotypes based on diverse …

In traditional Brassica oilseeds, the incidence of erucic acid is well-thought-out as anti-
nutritional issue for human ingesting as these reasons toxic possessions on the heart at …

Maize grains are the important source of food and energy, but possess very low proA (< 2.5
µg/g) compared to target level of 15 µg/g set by HarvestPlus to alleviate VAD. Favorable …

Brassica juncea L. is the most widely cultivated oilseed crop in Indian subcontinent. Its
seeds contain oil with very high concentration of erucic acid (≈ 50%). Of late, there is …

FAE1, the gene encoding fatty acid elongase, has been implicated to play a decisive role in
the synthesis of erucic acid. Allelic variations in this gene, such as single nucleotide …

The oilseed crop plays a pivotal role in the agricultural economy. The main breeding
objectives of the oilseed crop are to increase the yield of seeds and oil, improve the quality …