Background Heterosis has been extensively utilized in different crops and made a significant
contribution to global food security. Genetic distance (GD) is one of the valuable criteria for …

Rapeseed-mustard is a second important edible oilseed crop globally. India is the biggest
importer of edible oilseeds despite ranked as second in cultivated area and fourth in …

Cultivated sunflower holds a very narrow genetic base and the efficient utilization of
available genetic diversity is very important for a successful breeding program. In the …

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 …

Interspecific hybridization resulted in the creation of B. juncea introgression lines (ILs)
generated from B. carinata with increased productivity and adaptability. Forty ILs were …

Context. Broadening the genetic base of canola (Brassica napus) is needed to develop
improved hybrid cultivars. Wide genetic diversity is present in its parental species B. rapa …

A genome‐wide association study (GWAS) was carried out by using a Brassica napus
population of 175 lines, developed from six B. napus× B. oleracea interspecific crosses, and …

Clubroot disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin is a serious threat to
canola production in Canada. Most of the available clubroot-resistant canola cultivars carry …

Broadening the genetic base of the C genome of Brassica napus L. canola is needed for
continued improvement of this crop. For this, we developed few hundred canola lines from B …

Established allopolyploids are known to be genomically stable and fertile. However, in
contrast, most newly resynthesized allopolyploids are infertile and meiotically unstable …