Title: Economic/Academic Importance of Brassica rapa
Abstract: Brassica rapa is a crop species of economic importance. It is cultivated worldwide as oil and vegetable crops. It belongs to the genus Brassica, tribe Brassiceae of the family Brassicaceae. The genus Brassica includes many important crops. Among them, relationship of six species formed the model of U’s triangle, with three basic diploid species B. rapa (A genome, n = 10), Brassica oleracea (C genome, n = 9) and B. nigra (B genome, n = 8) gave rise to three amphidiploid species Brassica napus (AC genome, n = 19), B. juncea (AB genome, n = 18) and B. carinata (BC genome, n = 17). Brassica species are rich in diversities, which are sufficient resources for plenty of crop morphotypes. In this chapter, as the start of the book, we will introduce the origin, evolution history, diversified morphotypes, and features for breeding application of B. rapa, as well as its investigation progresses in disease resistances, quality improvements focusing on glucosinolate contents and creatings of new materials.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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