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

The CRISPR/Cas9 nuclease system is a powerful and flexible tool for genome editing, and
novel applications of this system are being developed rapidly. Here, we used CRISPR/Cas9 …

The CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)/Cas9-mediated
genome editing system has been widely applied as a powerful tool for modifying preferable …

In polyploid species, altering a trait by random mutagenesis is highly inefficient due to gene
redundancy. We have stably transformed tetraploid oilseed rape (Brassica napus) with a …

The global demand for oilseeds is increasing along with the human population. The family of
Brassicaceae crops are no exception, typically harvested as a valuable source of oil, rich in …

Key message Genomic editing with CRISPR/Cas9 system can simultaneously modify
multiple copies of the BnaFAD2 gene to develop novel variations in fatty acids profiles in …

Background Brassica napus is one of the most important oilseed crops, and can supply
considerable amounts of edible oil as well as provide raw materials for the production of …

Polyploidy, the possession of multiple sets of chromosomes, has been a predominant factor
in the evolution and success of the angiosperms. Although artificially formed allopolyploids …

Fatty acids and their composition in seeds determine oil value for nutritional or industrial
purposes and also affect seed germination as well as seedling establishment. To better …

Background Tobacco seed oil could be used as an appropriate feedstock for biodiesel
production. However, the high linoleic acid content of tobacco seed oil makes it susceptible …