Biotic and abiotic stresses cause significant yield losses in legumes and can significantly
affect their productivity. Biotechnology tools such as marker-assisted breeding, tissue …

Interspecific hybridization is widespread in nature, where it can lead to either the production
of new species or to the introgression of useful adaptive traits between species. In …

Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata) in the Brassicaceae family possesses many excellent
agronomic traits. Here, the high-quality genome sequence of B. carinata is reported …

2 Brassica and its close allies: cytogenetics and evolution Page 31 2 Brassica and Its Close
Allies: Cytogenetics and Evolution Shyam Prakash National Research Centre on Plant …

Embryo rescue (ER) techniques are among the oldest and most successful in vitro tissue
culture protocols used with plant species. ER refers to a series of methods that promote the …

Black rot caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is a very important
disease of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis group) resulting into 10–50% yield losses …

We introduce and review Brassica crop improvement via trigenomic bridges. Six
economically important Brassica species share three major genomes (A, B, and C), which …

This chapter reviews the importance of Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) or mustard family and
summarizes the role of some representative plant species of Brassicaceae in agriculture …

Background Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CPKs) are crucial for recognizing and
transmitting Ca2+ signals in plant cells, playing a vital role in growth, development, and …

Interspecific hybridization between B. oleracea inbred lines of head cabbage, Brussels
sprouts, kale and B. taurica and inbred lines of rapeseed (B. napus L.) were performed …