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Brassinolide enhances glucosinolates biosynthesis in shoot culture of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis)
Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis), a green vegetable with high nutritional value, has been found to be rich in glucosinolates. Brassinosteroids (BRs), which regulate various plant growth and develop...
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Role of Brassica rapa SWEET genes in the defense response to Plasmodiophora brassicae
Interactions of plants with biotic stress factors including bacteria, fungi, and viruses have been extensively investigated to date. Plasmodiophora brassicae, a protist pathogen, causes clubroot disease in Crucif...
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Open AccessIdentification of accession-specific variants and development of KASP markers for assessing the genetic makeup of Brassica rapa seeds
Most crop seeds are F1 hybrids. Seed providers and plant breeders must be confident that the seed supplied to growers is of known, and uniform, genetic makeup. This requires maintenance of pure genotypes of th...
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Co-ordinated responses to endogenous and environmental triggers allow a well-timed floral transition in plants
The initiation of flowering is a crucial event in the life cycle of plants. Flowering marks the transition of the plant from its vegetative to reproductive state. Flowers are shoot modifications derived from f...
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Construction of full-length infectious clones of turnip mosaic virus isolates infecting Perilla frutescens and genetic analysis of recently emerged strains in Korea
Perilla is an annual herb with a unique aroma and taste that has been cultivated in Korea for hundreds of years. It has been widely cultivated in many Asian and European countries as a food and medicinal crop....
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Genomic Design for Biotic Stress Tolerance in Vegetable Brassicas
Vegetable Brassica species comprise various agro-economically significant crops that offer nutrition and health-promoting elements to humans globally. In recent years, the major constraint of the Brassica crop pr...
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QTL map** for Fusarium wilt resistance based on the whole-genome resequencing and their association with functional genes in Raphanus sativus
Two major QTL associated with resistance to Fusarium wilt (FW) were identified using whole-genome resequencing. Sequence variations and gene expression level differences suggest that TIR-NBS and LRR-RLK are ca...
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Open AccessGenome-wide identification and characterization of NBS-encoding genes in Raphanus sativus L. and their roles related to Fusarium oxysporum resistance
The nucleotide-binding site–leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) genes are important for plant development and disease resistance. Although genome-wide studies of NBS-encoding genes have been performed in several spe...
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Withanolide Production in Hairy Root Culture of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: A Review
Indian ginseng [Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal; Solanaceae] is a significant aromatic medicinal as well as industrial plant in India and in other regions. The plant has numerous pharmaceutical uses owing to synthe...
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Development of SNP markers for marker-assisted breeding in Chinese cabbage using Fluidigm genoty** assays
Traditional breeding methods usually involve field tests carried out by experienced breeders. However, such methods are costly and time-consuming. Recently, with the development of Next-Generation Sequencing (...
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Dynamics of the gene regulatory networks of the inner and rosette leaves in Brassica rapa
Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) is one of the most important crops in Asian countries. In the heading formation of Chinese cabbage, differential regulation of production and growth between the inn...
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14-3-3 proteins contribute to leaf and root development via brassinosteroid insensitive 1 in Arabidopsis thaliana
Brassinosteroids (BR) are essential growth hormone in plants. Various components involved in signal transduction pathway have been identified as targets of 14-3-3 phospho-binding proteins. Previously, we showe...
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Withanolide Production in Hairy Root Culture of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: A Review
Indian ginseng [Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal; Solanaceae] is a significant aromatic medicinal as well as industrial plant in India and in other regions. The plant has numerous pharmaceutical uses owing to synthe...
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Fine-map** of a major QTL (Fwr1) for fusarium wilt resistance in radish
A major radish QTL (Fwr1) for fusarium wilt resistance was fine-mapped. Sequence and expression analyses suggest that a gene encoding a serine/arginine-rich protein kinase is a candidate gene for Fwr1.
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Genetic and physiological analyses of root cracking in radish (Raphanus sativus L.)
A major QTL conferring tolerance to radish (Raphanus sativus) root cracking was mapped for the first time and two calcium regulatory genes were identified that positively associated with the cracking phenomenon.
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Generation of early-flowering Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa spp. pekinensis) through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing
The CRISPR system enables us to induce precisely targeted mutations in a plant genome. The widely used CRISPR system is composed of a Cas9 protein derived from Streptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9) and a target site-sp...
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Construction of a high-density genetic linkage map and identification of quantitative trait loci associated with clubroot resistance in radish (Raphanus sativus L.)
Clubroot is a devastating disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, leading to substantial yield loss of cruciferous plants, especially radish (Raphanus sativus) in China. Thus, there is a need to elucidate the...
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A single nucleotide change in the overlap** MP and CP reading frames results in differences in symptoms caused by two isolates of Youcai mosaic virus
Two isolates of Youcai mosaic virus (YoMV) were obtained, and their full-length genomic sequences were determined. Full-length infectious cDNA clones of each isolate were generated in which the viral sequence ...
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Comprehensive analysis of CCCH zinc-finger-type transcription factors in the Brassica rapa genome
The CCCH-type zinc finger proteins are characterized by their signature motif of three cysteine and one histidine residues. These proteins are RNA binding proteins that function in plant growth, developmental ...
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F-Box Genes in Brassica rapa: Genome-Wide Identification, Structural Characterization, Expressional Validation, and Comparative Analysis
The F-box genes form one of the largest functionally important, rapidly evolving plant gene families. The encoded proteins mainly function as part of the Skp1–Cullin–F-box complex involved in ubiquitinating an...
