Monounsaturated fatty acids are straight-chain aliphatic monocarboxylic acids comprising a
unique carbon‑carbon double bond, also termed unsaturation. More than 50 distinct …

Plant abiotic stresses negative affects growth and development, causing a massive
reduction in global agricultural production. Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is a major oilseed …

As one of the greatest agricultural challenges, yield prediction is an important issue for
producers, stakeholders, and the global trade market. Most of the variation in yield is …

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, Brassica napus L., is a major oilseed crop that has various uses in the food, feed,
and industrial sectors. It is one of the most widely produced and consumed oilseeds in the …

For thousands of years, humans have been improving crops to better suit their needs. These
enhancements are driven by changes in the genetic makeup of the plant. While this was …

Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is a selection method for improving agriculturally essential
traits in wheat. MAS allows efficient screening of difficult-to-phenotype traits, introgression of …

FAD (fatty acid desaturase) and SAD (stearoyl-ACP desaturase) genes play key roles in the
synthesis of fatty acids (FA) and determination of oil composition in flax (Linum usitatissimum …

Amendment of saline soils with biochar and rhizobacteria is a new technique to diminish the
negative impacts of salt stress on plants. Hence, an original pot experiment was conducted …

Background Studying the relationships between rapeseed seed yield (SY) and its yield-
related traits can assist rapeseed breeders in the efficient indirect selection of high-yielding …