Little information is available on the genetics of physiological traits for drought tolerance in Indian mustard. Generation mean analysis was performed using two crosses (Maya x BPR543-2) and (BPR543-2 x BPR2) to study the nature and magnitude of gene effects on seed yield and physiological characters in Indian mustard. The F1, F2, BC1 and BC2 of these crosses, along with P1 and P2, were studie...

Transgenic Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) overexpressing y-glutamylcysteine synthetase (ECS) or glutathione synthetase (GS) were shown previously to have two-fold higher levels of glutathione and total nonprotein thiols, as well as enhanced cadmium tolerance and accumulation. Here, the hypothesis was tested that these transgenics have enhanced tolerance to organic pollutants, based on the rea...

The experiment was carried out in order to evaluate the effects of trace element immobilizing soil amendments, i.e., chalcedonite, dolomite, halloysite, and diatomite on the chemical characteristics of soil contaminated with Cr and the uptake of metals by plants. The study utilized analysis of variance (ANOVA), principal component analysis (PCA) and Factor Analysis (FA). The content of trace el...

Indian mustard has the share of over 80% to total rapeseed-mustard production in country. Present investigation is conducted guesstimate possible presence diversity among 38 germplasm lines and 5 cultivated varieties by using 12 morpho-physiological parameters as well microsatellite markers. Phenotypic analysis variance for yield its attributing traits revealed that, genotypes taken this had si...

Plants, in general, are put to various kinds of stress, biotic and abiotic, both natural and manmade. Infestation by insect pests and diseases, and extreme conditions such as salinity, temperature, etc., as well as heavy metal contamination affect their growth performance. Here, we studied the impact of salinity and heavy metal pollution on the growth performance of Indian Mustard Brassica junc...

Rhizoremediation is a complex type of green clean-up technology that involves both plants and the rhizosphere-associated microorganisms to decompose hazardous compounds. The success of the strategy strongly depends on plant tolerance towards the pollutant, as well as plant's interactions with the rhizospheric microbes. The microorganisms may be stimulated by the secreted root exudates, which re...

Genetic polymorphism was studied among thirty Indian mustard genotypes using 20 ISSR primers. This study revealed 156 amplified bands with an average of 7.8 bands per primer out of which 115 were polymorphic. Size of amplified fragments ranged from 100 bp to 1500 bp and number varied from 4 to 14. ISSR data were used to compute genetic similarities based on Jaccrad’s similarity coefficient, it ...

to evaluate the agronomic characteristics in three brassica species (rape, indian mustard, and turnip) and to determine the best stress tolerance indices, 16 brassica cultivars were studied under controlled conditions in -0.6 mpa of stress and as well under field (either stressed or irrigated) conditions at the dryland agricultural research station, kermanshah during 2004-05. the results showed...

Rapeseed-mustard is one of the most economically important oilseed crops in India. Speciality oils having high amounts of a specific fatty acid are of immense importance for both nutritional and industrial purposes. Oil high in oleic acid has demand in commercial food-service applications due to a long shelf-life and cholesterol-reducing properties. Both linoleic and linolenic acids are essenti...