Newly Revealed Promising Gene Pools of Neglected Brassica Species to Improve Stress-Tolerant Crops

Brassica carinata: Biology and agronomy as a biofuel crop

“…Carinata possesses several desirable traits like tolerance to abiotic stress (heat, salt, and metal toxicity; Gugel et al, 1990; Irtelli & Navari‐izzo, 2008; Mafakheri & Kordrostami, 2020), resistance to various biotic stresses (blackleg disease, stem rot, white rust, alternaria black spot, powdery mildew, and aphids; Chavan & Kamble, 2014; Gebre‐Medhin & Mulatu, 1992; Gugel et al, 1990; Mehta, 2014; Navabi et al, 2010; Sharma et al, 2017; Tonguc & Griffiths, 2004; Yitbarek, 1992), pod shattering resistance and relatively large seed size (Getinet et al, 1996; Thakur et al, 2019), which makes it a desirable donor for various interspecific hybridization programs for the improvement of related species. Traits like late maturity, long and profuse vegetative growth, tall plant stature, low oil content, high erucic acid content, low harvest index, and unattractive seed coat color are major constraints for its adoption as an oilseed crop for edible purposes (Thakur et al, 2019).…”

Prospects of Embryo Rescue in Developing Novel Brassica Genotypes

“…Three of the large and commercially recognized oilseed Brassica namely B. napus, B. rapa and B. oleracea, suffer from the significant yield loss due to pests such as mustard aphid, whitefly aphids, cabbage thrips, root flies, caterpillars, etc. (Mafakheri and Kordrostami 2020;Zheng et al 2020). It is always hard to apply effective control against insect pest, therefore resistance cultivars can be extremely advantageous (Gulidov and Poehling 2013;Springate 2016;Springate 2017).…”