Breeding for improved oil and meal quality in rape (Brassica napus L.) and turnip rape (Brassica campestris L.)

Hidden Effects of Seed Quality Breeding on Germination in Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus L.)

Intense selection for specific seed qualities in winter oilseed rape breeding has had an inadvertent negative influence on seed germination performance. In a panel of 215 diverse winter oilseed rape varieties spanning over 50 years of breeding progress in winter-type rapeseed, we found that low seed erucic acid content and reduced seed glucosinolate content were significantly related with prolo...

Genetic study of yield,glucosinolates,oil and protein contents in oilseed rape(brassica napus L.)

The Biosynthesis of Some Isothiocyanates and Oxazolidinethiones in Rape (Brassica campestris L.).

The incorporation of the radioactivity from acetate-1-(14)C, acetate-2-(14)C, dl-methionine-1-(14)C, dl-methionine-2-(14)C, dl-methionine-3,4-(14)C, dl-homomethionine-2-(14)C, dl-allyl-glycine-2-(14)C, and dl-2-amino-5-hydroxyvalerate-2-(14)C into the aglycones of progoitrin, gluconapin, and glucobrassicanapin of maturing rape plants (Brassica campestris L.) was investigated. Radioactivity from...

Sterols and the phytosterol content in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)

Sterols are natural, organic compounds with a molecular nucleus of 17 carbon atoms and a characteristic threedimensional arrangement of four rings. From the chemical point of view sterols are steroid alcohols and their name is derived from Greek stereos, which mean solid with ending –ol, which is the suffix for alcohols. As essential constituents of cell membranes, they are widely distributed i...

Leaf senescence and nitrogen remobilization efficiency in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.).

Despite its worldwide economic importance for food (oil, meal) and non-food (green energy and chemistry) uses, oilseed rape has a low nitrogen (N) use efficiency (NUE), mainly due to the low N remobilization efficiency (NRE) observed during the vegetative phase when sequential leaf senescence occurs. Assuming that improvement of NRE is the main lever for NUE optimization, unravelling the cellul...