Brassica vegetable and oilseed crops are attacked by several different flea beetle species
(Chrysomelidae: Alticini). Over the past decades, most research has focused on two …

Maize productivity is threatened by global climate change. Climate change scenarios
suggest that north‐western (NW) Europe will get warmer and drier during the main crop …

Oilseed rape (OSR) is the second largest source of vegetable oil globally and the most
important biofuel feedstock in the European Union (EU) but the production of this important …

Climate change will have major impacts on crop production: not just increasing drought and
heat stress, but also increasing insect and disease loads and the chance of extreme weather …

De novo allopolyploidization in Brassica provides a very successful model for reconstructing
polyploid genomes using progenitor species and relatives to broaden crop gene pools and …

Canola/oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) production in Canada has increased to become a
foundational crop in the Canadian Prairies and an important economic driver of this region …

In the past, breeding for incorporation of insect pest resistance or tolerance into cultivars for
use in integrated pest management schemes in oilseed rape/canola (Brassica napus) …

Double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) represent a promising class of biosafe insecticidal
compounds. We examined the ability to induce RNA interference (RNAi) in the pollen beetle …

This article presents the results of a three-year experiment involving a multi-criteria
evaluation (productivity, economic and energy balance) of the effectiveness of nitrogen (N) …

The relationships between weeds and insects in canola stands with different seeding rates
are not fully understood. Varying seeding rates in canola crops can create different …