Plant monounsaturated fatty acids: Diversity, biosynthesis, functions and uses

S Kazaz, R Miray, L Lepiniec, S Baud - Progress in lipid research, 2022 - Elsevier
Monounsaturated fatty acids are straight-chain aliphatic monocarboxylic acids comprising a
unique carbon‑carbon double bond, also termed unsaturation. More than 50 distinct …

Advanced domestication: harnessing the precision of gene editing in crop breeding

WJ Lyzenga, CJ Pozniak… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human population growth has increased the demand for food crops, animal feed, biofuel
and biomaterials, all the while climate change is impacting environmental growth conditions …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing of the fatty acid desaturase 2 gene in Brassica napus

A Okuzaki, T Ogawa, C Koizuka, K Kaneko… - Plant Physiology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)/Cas9-mediated
genome editing system has been widely applied as a powerful tool for modifying preferable …

Targeted mutagenesis of BnTT8 homologs controls yellow seed coat development for effective oil production in Brassica napus L.

Y Zhai, K Yu, S Cai, L Hu, O Amoo, L Xu… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Yellow seed is a desirable trait with great potential for improving seed quality in Brassica
crops. Unfortunately, no natural or induced yellow seed germplasms have been found in …

Modifications of fatty acid profile through targeted mutation at BnaFAD2 gene with CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing in Brassica napus

H Huang, T Cui, L Zhang, Q Yang, Y Yang… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Targeted mutagenesis of flavonoid biosynthesis pathway genes reveals functional divergence in seed coat colour, oil content and fatty acid composition in Brassica …

H Li, K Yu, Z Zhang, Y Yu, J Wan… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Yellow‐seed is widely accepted as a good‐quality trait in Brassica crops. Previous studies
have shown that the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway is essential for the development of seed …

Multi-omics analysis dissects the genetic architecture of seed coat content in Brassica napus

Y Zhang, H Zhang, H Zhao, Y **a, X Zheng, R Fan… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Brassica napus is an important vegetable oil source worldwide. Seed coat
content is a complex quantitative trait that negatively correlates with the seed oil content in B …

Seed structure characteristics to form ultrahigh oil content in rapeseed

ZY Hu, W Hua, L Zhang, LB Deng, XF Wang, GH Liu… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is an important oil crop in the world, and
increasing its oil content is a major breeding goal. The studies on seed structure and …

Research progress and strategies for multifunctional rapeseed: A case study of China

DH Fu, LY Jiang, AS Mason, ML **ao, LR Zhu… - Journal of Integrative …, 2016 - Elsevier
Rapeseed (Brassica napus), is an important source of edible oil, animal fodder, vegetables,
condiments and biodiesel, and plays a significant role in securing edible oil production …

A Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals New Loci for Resistance to Clubroot Disease in Brassica napus

L Li, Y Luo, B Chen, K Xu, F Zhang, H Li… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is one of the most important oil crops in the world. However,
the yield and quality of rapeseed were largely decreased by clubroot (Plasmodiophora …