Glucosinolates are secondary defense metabolites produced by plants of the order
Brassicales, which includes the model species Arabidopsis and many crop species. In the …

Insect pests represent a major global challenge to important agricultural crops. Insecticides
are often applied to combat such pests, but their use has caused additional challenges such …

Pathogen infection is a dynamic process. Here, we employ single-cell transcriptomics to
investigate plant response heterogeneity. By generating an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf atlas …

Allopolyploid Brassica juncea crops in Brassicaceae are becoming increasingly revitalized
as vegetables and oilseeds owing to wide adaptability and significant economic values …

Meiotic recombination is a major evolutionary process generating genetic diversity at each
generation in sexual organisms. However, this process is highly regulated, with the majority …

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) …

Discoveries in model plants grown under optimal conditions can provide important
directions for crop improvement. However, it is important to verify whether results can be …

A paradoxical finding from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in plants is that
variation in metabolite profiles typically maps to a small number of loci, despite the …

The degradation products of glucosinolates (GSLs) greatly lower the nutritional value of
rapeseed (Brassica napus) meal; thus, reduction of seed GSL content (SGC) has become an …

Glucosinolates are unique thioglucosides that evolved in the order Brassicales. These
compounds function in plant adaptation to the environment, including combating plant …