Genetic engineering methods have been used successfully to modify the fatty acid profile of elite Australian germplasm of Brassica napus and B. juncea. Co-suppression plasmids carrying oleate desaturase genes from each species have been constructed and transferred into Australian elite breeding lines of B. napus and B. juncea using Agrobacterium tumifaciens plant-transformation techniques. Modi...

Canola (Brassica napus L. var. oleracea) is the third most common oil-producing crop worldwide after palm and soybean. cultivation requires use of chemical fertilizers, but amount required can be reduced by applying plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB). Among PGPB, endophytic have certain advantages as biofertilizers, canola rarely been studied. In this work, we identified a collection bacter...

Abstract The ideal-free distribution and central-place foraging are important ecological models that can explain the of organisms in their environment. However, this model ignores distance-based costs from a central place (hive, nest), whereas competition. Different currencies cooperation between foragers also create different optimal distributions foragers, but limited to simple two-patch mode...

Farmers in Mediterranean climate regions are increasingly growing canola (Brassica napus L.) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)-based systems to break soil-borne pathogen disease cycles, control weeds, and enhance crop marketing opportunities. A 6-year rainfed cropping experiment was conducted near Ritzville, Washington USA from 2015 2021. The objective compare performance of winter spring canola, tr...

sclerotinia stem rot (ssr), caused by sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is the most important diseases of canola (brassica napus) in iran. in order to study of the impact of ssr on canola yield, infection situation and yield of 80 fields in four different regions of golestan province (gorgan, ali abad, kalaleh and gonbad) in north of iran, was recorded during two growing seasons (2006 and 2007). ssr se...