De novo domestication: an alternative route toward new crops for the future

AR Fernie, J Yan - Molecular plant, 2019 - cell.com
Current global agricultural production must feed over 7 billion people. However, productivity
varies greatly across the globe and is under threat from both increased competitions for land …

Eight high-quality genomes reveal pan-genome architecture and ecotype differentiation of Brassica napus

JM Song, Z Guan, J Hu, C Guo, Z Yang, S Wang, D Liu… - Nature plants, 2020 - nature.com
Rapeseed (Brassica napus) is the second most important oilseed crop in the world but the
genetic diversity underlying its massive phenotypic variations remains largely unexplored …

BRAD V3. 0: an upgraded Brassicaceae database

H Chen, T Wang, X He, X Cai, R Lin… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Brassicaceae Database (BRAD version 3.0, BRAD V3. 0; http://brassicadb. cn)
has evolved from the former Brassica Database (BRAD V2. 0), and represents an important …

Genomic selection and genetic architecture of agronomic traits during modern rapeseed breeding

J Hu, B Chen, J Zhao, F Zhang, T **e, K Xu, G Gao… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is an important oil-producing crop for the world. Its
adaptation, yield and quality have been considerably improved in recent decades, but the …

Chromosome-scale assemblies of plant genomes using nanopore long reads and optical maps

C Belser, B Istace, E Denis, M Dubarry, FC Baurens… - Nature plants, 2018 - nature.com
Plant genomes are often characterized by a high level of repetitiveness and polyploid
nature. Consequently, creating genome assemblies for plant genomes is challenging. The …

Genome-and transcriptome-wide association studies provide insights into the genetic basis of natural variation of seed oil content in Brassica napus

S Tang, H Zhao, S Lu, L Yu, G Zhang, Y Zhang… - Molecular Plant, 2021 - cell.com
Seed oil content (SOC) is a highly important and complex trait in oil crops. Here, we
decipher the genetic basis of natural variation in SOC of Brassica napus by genome-and …

Whole-genome resequencing reveals Brassica napus origin and genetic loci involved in its improvement

K Lu, L Wei, X Li, Y Wang, J Wu, M Liu, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Brassica napus (2 n= 4 x= 38, AACC) is an important allopolyploid crop derived
from interspecific crosses between Brassica rapa (2 n= 2 x= 20, AA) and Brassica oleracea …

Impacts of allopolyploidization and structural variation on intraspecific diversification in Brassica rapa

X Cai, L Chang, T Zhang, H Chen, L Zhang, R Lin… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Despite the prevalence and recurrence of polyploidization in the speciation of
flowering plants, its impacts on crop intraspecific genome diversification are largely …

Asymmetric subgenome selection and cis-regulatory divergence during cotton domestication

M Wang, L Tu, M Lin, Z Lin, P Wang, Q Yang, Z Ye… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Comparative population genomics offers an excellent opportunity for unraveling the genetic
history of crop domestication. Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) has long been an …